GIF vs JIF
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- feel0
it was jif until that hipster documentary, now is GIF, fuck what the creator said.
- randommail0
also, JPEG is simply pronounced "PEG".
the J is silent.
- sine0
i gizzed all over her face
- cannonball19780
Gee Aye Eff
- boobs0
I just say PING!
- instrmntl0
Since when does Graphics sounds like Jraphics? The creator is a filthy pig fucker!
- dbloc0
WOW! It's settled then
The creators of the format pronounced GIF with a soft "G" /ˈdʒɪf/ as in "gin". An alternative pronunciation with a hard "G" /ˈɡɪf/ as in "graphics", reflecting the expanded acronym, is in common usage. Both pronunciations are acknowledged by the Oxford English Dictionary[5] and the American Heritage Dictionary.[6]
- jtb260
This will never be settled.
It's like abortion.
- kingsteven0
wilhite, pronounced wilshite
- Krassy0
- hahahahaMiguex
- "you didn't miss my face last night you fucker...."see_thru
- HahahaHombre_Lobo
- randommail0
I bet he's republican.
- i_monk0
If the G in GIF is pronounced as a J (instead of the g in 'graphic'), then the F is pronounced as a Z because why the fuck not?
- nb0
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- nb0
Imagine for a moment that you're the creator of the gif, and you're given a public forum like the Webby Awards to make a public statement that you're sure could be put on Youtube later for everyone to see. You have two options:
1. Announce that it's "gif" because of "Graphics" Interchange Format. You clear it up forever, a few nerds are satisfied. Everyone stops arguing. Discussion over. Back to work.
2. Announce that it's "JIF" and give no reason at all, and drive everybody crazy because JIF doesn't make any fucking sense. This stirs up controversy and the debate rages on for decades. Half the nerds are pulling their hair out because JIF is fucking ridiculous, the other half are like "BUT HE SAID SO AND HE IS LORD OF THE JIF". For years and years, every time someone says JIF in a sentence, someone else in the boardroom corrects them, and then some super-nerd corrects THEM because Lord Of The Jif said so I can show you on YouTube.
Number two is the correct move. Hats off, epic troll.