"The Oxford English Dictionary accepts both pronunciations. They are wrong. It is a soft ‘G,’ pronounced ‘jif.’ End of story."
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Steve Wilhite, the creator of the GIF, chiming in on the pronunciation of the word. (As everyone knows, choosy memes choose “jif.”) Wilhite, a former CompuServe employee, created the format in 1987 and is to receive an award for his creation tonight. (via shortformblog)
Here’s a gif with a hard “g” to commemorate such an important announcement:
(via mohandasgandhi)
Seriously, I’m just going to alternate between pronunciations to piss people off if this is an actual worthwhile debate. Who gives a fuck how you spell the acronym used for a damn file type?
(via ikenbot)
(via ikenbot)
