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how do you guys pronounce gif? Anonymous
do you pronounce the g like good, or like a long g. like gfi with the sound g actually makes?
>> Anonymous
I pronounce if jif
>> Anonymous
just like gift with out the t.
>> Anonymous
I believe it's actually supposed to be pronounced with a hard g (like "good").

If you want to know for sure, you'd have to know what the "g" stood for.
>> Anonymous
>>422715
Fuck you, you Frenchslot.
>> Anonymous
on wiki it says its pronounced lik jiff
>> Anonymous
I pronounce it like "troll".

In the English language, it's pronounced "gif". Why someone would pronounce it with a j when completely unnecessary is beyond me.
>> Anonymous
I pronounce how it's supposed to be, g i f, just pronounce the letters G, I, and F one after another
>> Anonymous
i say it like 'moms likes you choose jif.' then again i like to say pawn instead of pown
>> Anonymous
>>422780
>>I pronounce it like "troll".

takes one to know one i guess

>>In the English language, it's pronounced "gif". Why someone would pronounce it with a j when completely unnecessary is beyond me

wtf? it's not even in the english language. it's a made-up acronym. if the people who made it up say its "jiff", then it's "jiff".
i suppose you pronounce the words "gin" and "giraffe" with hard g's, too?

more reading: http://www.olsenhome.com/gif/
>> Anonymous
>>422780
(Copy Pasta ensues)
According to the creator of the GIF format, Steve Wilhite, "GIF" is pronounced like the peanut butter brand, Jif, with a soft "g".
>> Anonymous
GIF
GAH IF
>> Anonymous
GIFF
strong G
Jiff sounds gay.

If they wanted it to sound like Jiff they should have used a J.

Just like them bastards that say Canadians are from Canada. CANADANS are from CANADA.Just like Amerikkans are from Amerikka and not Amerikkia. CANADIANS are from CANADIA!
>> Anonymous
>>422808
Have fun with your Jraphic Image Format.

CompuServe might be smart enough to invent an image format, but maybe too smart for common sense. And yes, it is in the English language, dumbass. Every word that exists is in a language, and .gif is most certainly a word even if it's an acronym, because all it needs to have to be a word is meaning.

"Gif"
>> Anonymous
According to the creators of the file format, it's pronounced "Jiff" like the peanut butter brand. So soft G.
>> Anonymous
An i after a g means the g makes a soft sound. Basic rules of English, people.
>> Anonymous
>>422929
>>422934
Acronyms all that I've seen carry their pronunciation from the words that they represent, not entirely just the letters.

Hard G.
>> Anonymous
>>422936

It doesn't matter what you've seen. The creators call it "Jiff," with a soft G.
>> Anonymous
>>422937
Nobody cares what they say. Think for yourself for once, you sheep.
>> Anonymous
>>422934
What about "give"? It's gif, people, with a hard G.
>> COTTON EYED JOE
>>422934
I'd like to see you pronounce "give"
>> Anonymous
GIF IN HELL FURFAGS
>> Anonymous
gift without the t
>> GRAMMAR NAZI
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>> Anonymous
jif
>> Anonymouse
JEE EYE EFF
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) is an 8-bit-per-pixel bitmap image format that was introduced by CompuServe in 1987 and has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability.

According to the creator of the GIF format, Steve Wilhite, "GIF" is pronounced like the peanut butter brand, Jif, with a soft "g". To fellow employees of CompuServe he would often say "Choosy developers choose GIF", spoofing commercials for the peanut butter. This pronunciation was also identified by CompuServe in their documentation of a graphics display program called CompuShow. Despite this, many people pronounce the name with a hard "g" (as in "gift"). One reason is that the letters that make up this TLA (Three Letter Acronym) stand for Graphics Interchange Format-- the G in Graphics is a hard G. This makes some geeky humour possible: "Beware of geeks sharing GIFs."
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it's Jif, nigs. "Gif" as in "gift without the T" is for fags. Image possibly related, according to google.
>> Anonymous
well gif stands for graphic interchange format, so i guess a hard g would be more appropriate
>> Anonymous
>>423141
Everything in your message makes your opinion wrong. Have a nice day, sir.