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The GIF Pronunciation Page. It’s jiff. Here’s evidence.
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Fine. It can sit next to Flash, AJAX and all the other domestic cleaning products.
Jake Archibald - 12th June 2009 01:07 - #
next up: why do so many people pronounce "beta" as "bee-ta" rather than "bay-ta"
patrick h. lauke - 12th June 2009 02:30 - #
I've never heard anyone pronounce it "jif". I'm going to still say "gif".
Eric Vitiello - 12th June 2009 05:16 - #
Aren't we English? It doesn't matter how the original people chose to pronounce it. It only matters how the BBC pronounce it.
Sheesh, next you'll be having us say "Par-ree" not Paris...
Mark Fowler - 12th June 2009 16:34 - #
So even though "Graphical" is spoken with a hard G, we should all use a soft G when pronouncing it in an acronym.
Well, that's jood. I'm jlad that you've jiven us the evidence.
Jeremy Keith - 12th June 2009 17:32 - #
This is a surprise to me. I thought everyone always knew it was "jif." I only heard people try the other way a couple of times, and they were promptly laughed at.
Nosredna - 12th June 2009 18:07 - #
No thanks, G-if for me
joe - 14th June 2009 03:04 - #
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Fine. It can sit next to Flash, AJAX and all the other domestic cleaning products.
Jake Archibald - 12th June 2009 01:07 - #
next up: why do so many people pronounce "beta" as "bee-ta" rather than "bay-ta"
patrick h. lauke - 12th June 2009 02:30 - #
I've never heard anyone pronounce it "jif". I'm going to still say "gif".
Aren't we English? It doesn't matter how the original people chose to pronounce it. It only matters how the BBC pronounce it.
Sheesh, next you'll be having us say "Par-ree" not Paris...
So even though "Graphical" is spoken with a hard G, we should all use a soft G when pronouncing it in an acronym.
Well, that's jood. I'm jlad that you've jiven us the evidence.
Jeremy Keith - 12th June 2009 17:32 - #
This is a surprise to me. I thought everyone always knew it was "jif." I only heard people try the other way a couple of times, and they were promptly laughed at.
Nosredna - 12th June 2009 18:07 - #
No thanks, G-if for me
joe - 14th June 2009 03:04 - #