It's pronounced "jif" says GIF creator Steve Wilhite.


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I think if I told some a file was in a "jif" format with a "jif" file extension, most people would automatically assume .jif and not .gif LOL. Myself and 99% of the people I know have always and will always pronounce it with a hard g. Eff what the creator of the format says. He can go google himself. (pronounced joogle lol!)

JIF being an abbreviation for JPEG Interchange Format, obviously. :laugh:

I, for one, am glad PNGs won out in all serious use.

JIF is how I've always pronounced it. I didn't even know there was a controversy about it's pronouciation. "GIF" sounds stupid to me.

I thought of it as sounding like Giraffe or Ginormous rather than Gift or Giddy.

It's really stupid how some of you are saying "It's GIF not JIF" as if it that helps. Do you realize how this sounds to someone other than yourself reading it?

Following basic English would tell you GIF is pronounced with a soft G as in "general".

Rofl what a tool.

Gif != Jif

Gif = Gif

Just like how it's a heavy G with Graphics. Now a soft J for Jraphics.

Gif = Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)

Jif = JPEG Interchange Format (JIF)

There are reasons things are the way they are with this. Whether he made it or not, this just makes him look like a damned fool. Plus the gif format sucks, why has something better not replaced it yet?

How bad is it? Just look at Hum's annoying animated gif avatar. :laugh:

Following basic English would tell you GIF is pronounced with a soft G as in "general".

Following basic English would tell you GIF is pronounced with a hard G as in "gift".

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any other examples where a word starting with 'G' is pronounced as 'J'?

gin

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No.

http://esl.about.com.../hardsoftcg.htm

http://en.wikipedia....Hard_and_soft_G

"G" is followed by an "I" therefore it deserves a soft "G".

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Such as in girl, gift, give.

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