"GIF" or "JIF"

[pandemonium]

Our mundanity is at stake here.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/battle-over-gif-pronunciation-erupts/

 

[Mixolydian]

GIF, just like it's spelled. JIF is for peanut butter.

 

[lxskllr]

G I F

wtf is with the caps filter anyway? What problem does it solve?

 

[Broheim]

Hard G, the man had a stroke, he cannot be trusted

 

[zinfamous]

are you special?

it's gif

and then there is jpg (another format)...or even jpeg. this last one is the only debate, really.


edit: oh..this is one of those pronunciation things?

dang--well it's obviously jif. everyone knows that. now all of that other group of people, of which i am not a member, are dumb.

 

[Maximilian]

Our mundanity is at stake here.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/battle-over-gif-pronunciation-erupts/

its GUH-EEF

 

[pandemonium]

Umm, guys. Messenger. Not the message-e. Maybe I should've left the votes viewable. Sheesh, lol.

We either have a lot of trolls or some people are really confused on how English works. 4/11 say it's a choosey mom?

 

[_Rick_]

I was raised German. GIEF!

 

[Farang]

jife

 

[Red Squirrel]

Neither. I just call them G. I. F.'s lol

 

[Blueoak]

For me, it's "Gift" without the t and the end. So, Gif(-t).

 

[brainhulk]

how about just change it to AP (animated picture)

 

[Ketchup]

From the article:

Mr. Wilhite created the file format in 1987

Mr. Wilhite displayed his five-word speech on a screen above the stage: “It’s Pronounced ‘JIF’ not ‘GIF.’”

Why is there a question on this?

 

[Charles Kozierok]

Why is there a question on this?

There really isn't, and the issue isn't a new one despite what this article claims.

 

[Farang]

From the article:




Why is there a question on this?

Popular usage > all. The person who invented the wheel likely called it something different also.

 

[colonelciller]

if the message gets across, it doesn't matter

 

[Broheim]

From the article:




Why is there a question on this?

do you also pronounce it jraphics? Because that just opens the flood jates for all kinds of silly james, jranted he invented it but that doesn't jive him the right to joad us into using his pronounciation. He jot his award and that's jood for him but he should just say his joodbyes and jo home.

 

[CraigRT]

GIF

 

[Kaido]

JIG like the peanut butter.

Also, I pronounce meme "me-me" instead of "meem" :awe:

 

[JackBurton]

JIF

 

[Ketchup]

do you also pronounce it jraphics? Because that just opens the flood jates for all kinds of silly james, jranted he invented it but that doesn't jive him the right to joad us into using his pronounciation. He jot his award and that's jood for him but he should just say his joodbyes and jo home.

That's not the point. The point is how the man who created it would like to call it. I will respect his wishes. You can do whatever you want.

 

[mnewsham]

I use "jif" because I actually bothered to learn how it's pronounced instead of learning your bastardized version.

 

[kalrith]

I've always used JIF, but I have no idea why. It's good to see that it's the correct pronunciation.

 

[AstroManLuca]

That's not the point. The point is how the man who created it would like to call it. I will respect his wishes. You can do whatever you want.

The point is that it doesn't matter what he wants people to call it. If he had wanted people to pronounce it JIF when he created it, he should have called it JIF, or at least made the G stand for a word that begins with a soft G sound.

Once a thing has a name, it has that name forever, no matter how much anyone wants to change it. Take the Sears Tower for instance. A few years ago, the Willis Group bought the naming rights and renamed the building to Willis Tower. No one calls it Willis Tower. No one ever will call it Willis Tower. It will be the Sears Tower forever, because that is its name, no matter what is written on a piece of paper somewhere.

 

[bignateyk]

I've always called it JIF, and that's what the guy who made it calls it, so therefore, that's the right way.

If you say GIF, you should feel bad about yourself.