That’s how the guy who created it pronounced it.
He is, sadly, no longer with us.
Right? I’m a nerd, I learned how to pronounce gif before the average person knew what they were. It’s not my fault I read about its creation.
choosy developers choose gif
so he’s with jod?
Nope, over with the giant giraffes drinking gin with ginger and ginseng.
Here is how much I care about what the creator thinks:
Here is how much I care about what you think:
He’s with Jod in heaven
Yes, along with Gerald Ford, Gene Roddenberry and George Orwell.
I’ve opted to pronounce it either Jgif or Gjif, that way I piss off twice as many people.
The guy that invented the GIF said it is pronounced Jif. And of course that is a common pronunciation for “gi” words, like gin, giraffe, ginger, giant, ginseng, and so on.
And before you say “but the g stands for graphics” tell me about what the p in MPEG stands for.
I’m just gonna continue pronouncing it whatever way the person I’m speaking to gets annoyed by.
Gig Git Girl Gibbon Gift Gill Giddy Gigahertz Gimmick Gizzard
Yiff😳
Do I look like I know what mpeg is? I just want a video of a got dang hot dog!
Ok but like, pronouncing it like jif is dumb
I think the hard g sounds harsh and I hate it.
I don’t care what the creator says. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Seriously, he waited an awfully long time to announce how to say Gif. He clearly did it just do fuck with people. Just pronounce it however you want.