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re: How to Pronounce GIF?

Posted on 8/25/20 at 12:45 pm to
Posted by sweetwaterbilly
Member since Mar 2017
19649 posts
Posted on 8/25/20 at 12:45 pm to
quote:

Jiff


This is correct. Per the creator of the gif. But anyone who actually says it like that is a square imo
Posted by PsychTiger
Member since Jul 2004
109165 posts
Posted on 8/25/20 at 12:49 pm to
quote:

I go with the creator, he makes the rules.


Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
87369 posts
Posted on 8/25/20 at 12:51 pm to
quote:

Soft g is for douches

Anyone that says jif is someone I don’t trust

You're wrong, and you are not trusting people because of your wrongness. I think that makes you dumb.
Posted by Grievous Angel
Tuscaloosa, AL
Member since Dec 2008
10888 posts
Posted on 8/25/20 at 1:10 pm to
quote:

The inventor of the file type call it Jif. Like the peanut butter.


This is the correct answer.

But I will never say it this way.
Posted by Korkstand
Member since Nov 2003
29105 posts
Posted on 8/25/20 at 1:11 pm to
quote:

End this discussion once and for all.
Ok, use PNG instead.
Posted by Jor Jor The Dinosaur
Chicago, IL
Member since Nov 2014
7454 posts
Posted on 8/25/20 at 1:15 pm to
Argument for hard G: "It's the grammatically correct pronunciation based on the meaning of the acronym."

Argument for soft G: "This one guy said so."
Posted by Korkstand
Member since Nov 2003
29105 posts
Posted on 8/25/20 at 1:20 pm to
Posted by Peepdip
Member since Aug 2016
4946 posts
Posted on 8/25/20 at 1:27 pm to
It just makes sense to say it as in gift. It sounds better, G stands for graphics, and did I mention it sounds better?

The only people that say Jif are middle aged people that only use Facebook and tigerdroppings
Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George, LA
Member since Aug 2004
80682 posts
Posted on 8/25/20 at 1:38 pm to
Tree Fiddy
Posted by LoveThatMoney
Who knows where?
Member since Jan 2008
12630 posts
Posted on 8/25/20 at 1:44 pm to
The creator of the Graphics Interchange Format calls it “jiff.” It was deliberately said that way to spoof the peanut butter.

And if his mama calls his Clay, I’ma call him Clay.
Posted by Bluefin
The Banana Stand
Member since Apr 2011
13489 posts
Posted on 8/25/20 at 1:50 pm to
quote:

Anyone that says jif is someone I don’t trust


Posted by Kentucker
Rabbit Hash, KY
Member since Apr 2013
20055 posts
Posted on 8/25/20 at 2:02 pm to
I liked that stupid dress controversy better.

Posted by TigrrrDad
Member since Oct 2016
8102 posts
Posted on 8/25/20 at 2:06 pm to
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Gee-eye-eff


This.

I refuse to say it like a word.
Posted by PhilipMarlowe
Member since Mar 2013
21917 posts
Posted on 8/25/20 at 2:17 pm to
If someone pronounces it as Jiff around me I’ll bitch slap them. Grandma or child, you call it Jiff I’m gonna smeck ya u cünt.
This post was edited on 8/25/20 at 2:18 pm
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
115241 posts
Posted on 8/25/20 at 2:17 pm to
like the peanut butter
Posted by TigerTatorTots
The Safeshore
Member since Jul 2009
82205 posts
Posted on 8/25/20 at 2:19 pm to
JIF like the peanut butter is the only answer.
Posted by temporary
Lexington, KY
Member since Feb 2013
237 posts
Posted on 8/25/20 at 2:30 pm to
There is already another image file format .jiff or .jif (JPEG Image File Format) it's a raster graphic compressed using JPEG image compression. In order to avoid confusion why not say gif like gift? It makes the pronunciation unique. Instead of saying oh I meant jiff with a g or having to say i meant jiff with a j.
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
29519 posts
Posted on 8/25/20 at 2:35 pm to
Steve Wilhite created the Graphics Interchange Format, or GIF, while working for Compuserve in 1987. On Tuesday, he received a Webby Award for it and delivered his five-word acceptance speech (that's all the Webbys allow) by flashing a GIF on the big screens at the Cipriani Wall Street in New York.
And, in a flash, it all became clear:
"It's pronounced JIF, not GIF."
Posted by Korkstand
Member since Nov 2003
29105 posts
Posted on 8/25/20 at 2:46 pm to
quote:

JIF like the peanut butter is the only answer.
Is it not a red flag that in order to arrive at the "only" answer you have to change a letter?
Posted by hendersonshands
Univ. of Louisiana Ragin Cajuns
Member since Oct 2007
160203 posts
Posted on 8/25/20 at 2:48 pm to
quote:

Jiff




Ah, yeah. For jraphics interchange format
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