It's JIF. There is no debate here. The creator of the GIF intended it to be pronounced with a soft g sound (although I always say it with a hard g sound). I just learned this recently.

Oh here we go lol.

How can you say he's right? The person who created it gets to decide. On what basis is he wrong?

Whatever, I don't say it out loud that much anyway.

Herminator @ 21/10/2017 14:24

I just looked it up. The creator meant it to be pronounced JIF, some kind of wordplay of Jif commercials. The graphics argument also seems to have a flaw in it. Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) would be pronounced JFEG if GIF has to be pronounced with a hard G because of the Graphics word. That being said, it just feels wrong saying JIF instead of GIF.

Every single thing in this post is correct.

Boc @ 21/10/2017 14:55

Definitely gif. The G stands for GRAPHICAL, not jraphical

That has nothing to do with it. You don't necessarily pronounce an acronym based on the words it stands for. The acronym has its own pronunciation in itself. Also, see creator pronunciation. Also, did not read whatever your link was but it has nothing to do with this either.

lol that is not an example

Incorrect. You can't change the pronunciation of something just because the public votes on it.

Bryce @ 21/10/2017 15:36

The poll question is how is it pronounced, not what is the right pronunciation.

Ask the creator of the poll what his intent was but this is splitting hairs.

Curtis @ 21/10/2017 15:45

BUFFY @ 21/10/2017 15:42 Bryce @ 21/10/2017 15:36 The poll question is how is it pronounced, not what is the right pronunciation. Ask the creator of the poll what his intent was but this is splitting hairs. My intention was to sew contempt and petty arguments throughout the member base

Good job on that. Especially today.

It's actually gotten a lot of comments in such a short time so I think it was a good poll and not just a run of the mill "this or that" type poll.

Igor @ 21/10/2017 15:58

Curtis @ 21/10/2017 14:53 Igor @ 21/10/2017 15:52 This thread sucks, I'm not even that passionate about this It's no hot dog thread I'd tell you to try to do better but you already tried and flopped Are you fucking kidding me? My polls were great. Some of the best polls this site has ever seen. The people loved it, the interaction was out of this world.

Lol so when Zersch blows you out of the water it will be because of SJW's and sexism.

BUFFY @ 21/10/2017 16:00

Igor @ 21/10/2017 15:58 Curtis @ 21/10/2017 14:53 Igor @ 21/10/2017 15:52 This thread sucks, I'm not even that passionate about this It's no hot dog thread I'd tell you to try to do better but you already tried and flopped Are you fucking kidding me? My polls were great. Some of the best polls this site has ever seen. The people loved it, the interaction was out of this world. Lol so when Zersch blows you out of the water it will be because of SJW's and sexism.

Oh no wait, he's a man so of course he could possibly win based on merit.

Igor @ 21/10/2017 16:02

Oh men I fear you may actually be going senile! Go get your reading glasses and read what I said in the other thread

Oh and let's add ageism now. You're a class act.