Is GIF "jif", or "gift" without the t?

Submitted by nitori at July 18, 2023, 5:51 AM in ask

I think it's GEE-EYE-EFF. I refuse to be governed by word-like pronunciations

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neku wrote at July 18, 2023, 7:17 AM

i've always said it (in my head because i dont talk about gifs out loud) with a soft g and i always will because i do not bend to the woke online mob. also i think because the letters in the word "gif" are in "giraffe" and so i decided it must be a soft g.

also i'm a soft type of g myself.

voxpoplar wrote at July 18, 2023, 8:16 AM

I am also in the soft G team

twovests wrote at July 18, 2023, 11:18 AM

soft g in gif squad

oolong wrote at July 18, 2023, 10:01 AM

i use both because it's not a real word to me

Alessia wrote at July 18, 2023, 11:28 AM

i think it would be fun to pronounce it /jɪf/

anethum wrote at July 18, 2023, 9:07 AM (edited at July 23, 2023, 3:41 PM)

hard g gif, because it's "graphics interchange format"

i also pronounce jpeg "jay-feg"

__0 wrote at July 19, 2023, 7:28 AM

The g stands for graphics so i pronounce it like the g in graphics.