Have mercy on our souls

Gin? Genetics? Giant?

Do you pronounce Origin like Oregon?

I personally find arguing pronunciation as entirely pointless when there are many words in English that get pronounced different based on a multitude of factors.

People also like to argue it's an acronym, but do you pronounce NASA the same as you pronounce the first letter of each word of National Aeronautics and Space Administration?

Honestly? Just say it how it makes sense to you.

I get the gist of what you are saying but gingerly I will inform you that my giraffe giblets are cold

Sorry, that was just gibberish

GIF is an acronym for Giraffe Interchange Format.

My old workplay everybody pronounced “Gigabyte” as “Jigabyte”, drove me nuts.

"Pacific ocean" has each "c" pronounced differently. This is just an English thing. Makes for great puns "I'm not sick, it's just a little COFFIN" but when it comes down to acronyms you guys are lost.

What did the creator of the GIF name them? Imagine if a bunch of people read your name wrong, then when you told them how it’s pronounced said that they don’t care, and your mom was wrong to pronounce your name that way.

Hate to break it to you OP but it's 100% Jif.

I unapologetically say jif

Oh boy let's have this argument again! Because it's so much fun every time!

My first name starts with a G and it's soft. Many people will read it and pronounce it hard. This argument is for my identity

you know it is because of giraffe?

Here's another to add to the pronunciation wars. RetroArch is pronounced RetroArk. Which I will die on that hill because Arch stands for either Architecture or Archive. Too many times have I heard people on YouTube make it sound like McDonald's golden arches.

I hate this argument, that's literally what the creators of the format called it. Names of things don't always follow the rules of English.

I hope you say jfeg the to be consistent, because that's how the p in photography is pronounced.

I'm just gonna start pronouncing it yif

The G in God stands for GIF

I use both interchangeably. With no pattern. Much like how programs will spell check "colour". Lives are changed in equal quantities.

Hod approves of this hif.

It's pronounced like the g in high.

This is the correct opinion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1AL2EMvVy0

Garage had two Gs, both pronounced different.

Both are correct, imo. However, it's hard to stand by that when you have to spell it JIF for people to know you are using the J variation of G.

Imagine trying to control how someone says a word.

Moms choose gif

Don't look for the first pronunciation

Those are some nice jraphics you have there.

Thanks Jeoff

😂

Does that mean furries pray to Yod?

Sorry mate. https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/gif-inventor-steve-wilhite-says-it-should-be-pronounced-jif-8626882.html

You know what I think, almost no one ever needs to actually say this word anyway. Anyone who uses them knows what they are and don’t need to talk about them, and if they do it’s just in a quick text chat.

Not if Ianthe has anything to say about it.

Both are equally correct, so use whatever pronunciation you want.

You cannot know the forbidden truth.

Thankfully jifs are pretty much dead

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Hard G is the only way

Anything else is seeking attention.

There's a lawyer I like to watch on YouTube but once he advocated jif pronunciation and I've barely watched him since then. If he apologized I might change my opinion. What's even worse is that he's obsessed with proper pronunciation. I think he was just trying to create drama to drive interactions but for me it backfired.