Poll

.gif is pronounced

"jiff" (soft g)
8 (26.7%)
"giff" (hard g)
21 (70%)
I pronounce it some other, comical way which I will explain below.
1 (3.3%)

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Offline UMDNats

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Re: The GIF poll.
« Reply #25: May 02, 2013, 05:48:07 PM »
Quote from: houston-nat on May 02, 2013, 05:17:02 PM
"According to Steve Wilhite, the creator of the GIF format, the original pronunciation deliberately echoes the American peanut butter brand, Jif, and the employees of CompuServe would often say "Choosy developers choose GIF", spoofing this brand's television commercials."

thank you, glad to be proven right
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