Kinda wanted to know how people on here pronounce GIF. Do you pronounce it with a hard G "GIF" or a soft G "JIF"?
If you give me a jiff, I'll answer..........GIF
Whenever I hear people pronounce it 'jif' I ask them how its 'jraphics' are.
Steve Wilhite, told the NY Times how annoyed he was at the debate over the pronunciation of GIF: “The Oxford English Dictionary accepts both pronunciations. They are wrong. It is a soft 'G,' pronounced 'jif. 'May 21, 2013
I say GIF, hard g. I suppose it could be confused with gift.
gif stands for graphics interchange format. graphics begins with a hard g, so although both gif and jif are acceptable, gif is more correct as it acknowledges the initials of the words for which it stands. besides, there is a different graphical format called jif. if they're both pronounced jif, how will anyone know what someone is talking about?
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Only my computer needs to know.
@GeorgeRocheleau i sometimes say gif aloud. i am glad i know too.
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"GIF is an acronym for Graphics Interchange Format"