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[skurtn]

geh-f

[malonish]

I thought it was prounced jiff, as in the peanut butter

Graphics Interchange Format. The word in the abbreviation is a hard G.

[ponyboy]

I'm a 20 year veteran of IT, and I've always pronounced it Jif.

Just found this on google:

The debate over how to pronounce GIF, which stands for Graphics Interchange Format, re-emerged this week when Steve Wilhite, the inventor of the widely used Web illustration, declared it should be pronounced “jif,” like the brand of peanut butter, rather than with a hard G sound.

[malonish]

I'm a 20 year veteran of IT, and I've always pronounced it Jif.

Just found this on google:

The debate over how to pronounce GIF, which stands for Graphics Interchange Format, re-emerged this week when Steve Wilhite, the inventor of the widely used Web illustration, declared it should be pronounced “jif,” like the brand of peanut butter, rather than with a hard G sound.

He's a computer scientist, not a linguist.

Also:

http://news.yahoo.com/-this-is-how-pres ... 54734.html

President Barack Obama took sides on one of the most divisive debates in the history of the English language this week by declaring that the word “GIF” — an acronym for Graphics Interchange Format —is pronounced with a hard “G” sound,” as one would pronounce “gift,” “gaffe” or the “G” in “Benghazi.”

The president announced his decision during a meeting with Tumblr CEO David Karp at the White House on Tuesday.

"That is my official position,” Obama said, before posing for a GIF with Karp, who was in Washington to host a discussion on student loan reform. “I pondered it a long time."

Thanks Obama.

[ponyboy]

I just got vetoed. Dang.

[malonish]