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GIFs are correctly pronounced “Jiff” (with a “J” sound, not a hard “G”) You don’t base the pronunciation of acronyms on the way each letter is pronounced in the original word — if you did, scuba diving would be pronounced “skuhbah” diving instead of “skoo-ba”, for example. But as the linked Wired document says, the people who invented the file type pronounced it “jiff”… /Former English and writing major; 16-year computer tech, consultant and teacher, and thus unavoidably opinionated about such things  :) hithah: elevatortonowhere: aproperroman: Red. ALWAYS red! ^ Hard G. GIF is an acronym: Graphic Interchange Format. Since the G in graphic is hard, so is the G in GIF. Until someone invents the Giraffe Interchange Format for sending zoo animals via the web, that is. THEN it’s pronounced JIF. And is awesome.

GIFs are correctly pronounced “Jiff” (with a “J” sound, not a hard “G”)

You don’t base the pronunciation of acronyms on the way each letter is pronounced in the original word — if you did, scuba diving would be pronounced “skuhbah” diving instead of “skoo-ba”, for example.

But as the linked Wired document says, the people who invented the file type pronounced it “jiff”…

/Former English and writing major; 16-year computer tech, consultant and teacher, and thus unavoidably opinionated about such things  :)

hithah:

elevatortonowhere:

aproperroman:

Red. ALWAYS red!

^

Hard G. GIF is an acronym: Graphic Interchange Format. Since the G in graphic is hard, so is the G in GIF.

Until someone invents the Giraffe Interchange Format for sending zoo animals via the web, that is. THEN it’s pronounced JIF. And is awesome.

(Source: Gizmodo)

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