How do you pronounce the GIF image format ?

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Poll How do you pronounce the GIF image format ? (31 votes)

with J like in "Juliet" 32%
with hard G like in "Golf" 68%

Interested to know the majority's consensus on this.

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#1  Edited By Brutal_Elitegs
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Jif. Don't care about Graphics Interchange Format. It's jif.

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#2  Edited By SaintLeonidas
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"G" as in "Gift". Never made sense to me to use a "J". Especially since the "G" stands for "Graphic".

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#3 I_Return
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I call it 'Magic'.

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#4  Edited By The_Last_Ride
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it's gif, because there is a g here, and it's mostly english native speaking people that call it jif

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#5 deactivated-5b797108c254e
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The correct pronunciation is JIF, but I still say GIF.

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#6 Celldrax
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Always pronounced it with a G.

**** linguistics (english is just a mishmash of other languages anyway).

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#7  Edited By branketra
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I pronounce "gif" similar to how I say giraffe.

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#8 pyro1245
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like 'gift' without the't'. because G

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#9 KiIIyou
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Either way, depends on how im feeling

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#10 comp_atkins
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i read the creator of it said "jif" with a J sound as "jelly" is the correct way to say it.

i still say "gif" like "gift" though

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#11 deactivated-5b797108c254e
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@comp_atkins: Yup

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#12 CrimsonBrute  Moderator
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@Brutal_Elitegs said:

Jif. Don't care about Graphics Interchange Format. It's jif.

http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/830/285/cf3.gif

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#13  Edited By bforrester420
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@pyro1245 said:

like 'gift' without the't'. because G

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#14 Shadow4020
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Like "jif". I don't care if you want to pronounce it "gif", just don't preach to me about pronouncing it different.

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#15  Edited By Nengo_Flow
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Its always been Jif

Gif sounds wierd

Its been called jifs for so long, and it untill the last 3 years is when people started to claim that it should be called Gifs

Its been pronounce Jif since the internet became a thing

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#16  Edited By Shottayouth13-
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@korvus said:

@comp_atkins: Yup

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Creator doesn't English.

It's 'gif' as in 'gift'.

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#17  Edited By deactivated-5b797108c254e
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@Nengo_Flow said:

Its always been Jif

Gif sounds wierd

Its been called jifs for so long, and it untill the last 3 years is when people started to claim that it should be called Gifs

Its been pronounce Jif since the internet became a thing

In my entire life I have never heard it pronounced JIF until I saw the video posted above...for the 10 years I worked in computer programming (both at work and during my studies) every single person pronounced it GIF. Different experiences, I guess.

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#18  Edited By Nengo_Flow
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@korvus said:

@Nengo_Flow said:

Its always been Jif

Gif sounds wierd

Its been called jifs for so long, and it untill the last 3 years is when people started to claim that it should be called Gifs

Its been pronounce Jif since the internet became a thing

In my entire life I have never heard it pronounced JIF until I saw the video posted above...for the 10 years I worked in computer programming (both at work and during my studies) every single person pronounced it GIF. Different experiences, I guess.

well now you know you guys were wrong this whole time

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#19 deactivated-5b797108c254e
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@Nengo_Flow: Yep...the revelation had a deep impact in my life.

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#20 harry_james_pot  Moderator
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Always pronounced it as Jif.

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#21 Gaming-Planet
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It can be said as Jif or Gif.

I say it like Gift without the t.

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#22  Edited By gamerguru100
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I pronounce it like, "Jif", the peanut butter.

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Gif, because it's close to Biff from BttF.

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#24 chaoscougar1
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@korvus said:

The correct pronunciation is JIF, but I still say GIF.