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Poll of the Day #115; gif or jif
 Poll Question: How is it pronounced?
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Post #1: 21st Oct 2017 11:51 AM 
It's time for another poll exploring one of life's many mysterious that people have irrationally strong opinions over

Is .gif pronounced Gif with a hard g or Jif with a soft g?

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Post #2: 21st Oct 2017 11:59 AM 
GIF= Graphics Interchange Format

If it gets pronounced giraffics, then jif is correct. Otherwise....
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Post #3: 21st Oct 2017 12:33 PM 
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.
 
   
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Post #4: 21st Oct 2017 1:12 PM 
BUFFY @ 21/10/2017 12:33
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.


That's because he can't pronounce "graphics" correctly.

Plus I always believed he said that specifically to troll people into getting angry over it. It's something I would do in his shoes.

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Post #5: 21st Oct 2017 1:14 PM 
Oh here we go lol.
 
   
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Post #6: 21st Oct 2017 1:16 PM 
BUFFY @ 21/10/2017 14:14
Oh here we go lol.


Vlady is right this time tho
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Post #7: 21st Oct 2017 1:17 PM 
I pronounce it GIF.
 
   
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Post #8: 21st Oct 2017 1:18 PM 
How can you say he's right? The person who created it gets to decide. On what basis is he wrong?
 
   
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Post #9: 21st Oct 2017 1:19 PM 
Whatever, I don't say it out loud that much anyway.
 
   
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Post #10: 21st Oct 2017 1:24 PM 
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.
 
   
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Post #11: 21st Oct 2017 1:30 PM 
Jif like the peanut butter
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Post #12: 21st Oct 2017 1:31 PM 
Gif like the gif
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Post #13: 21st Oct 2017 1:36 PM 
i say gif
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Post #14: 21st Oct 2017 1:54 PM 
BUFFY @ 21/10/2017 13:18
How can you say he's right? The person who created it gets to decide. On what basis is he wrong?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_the_Author or sumthin
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Post #15: 21st Oct 2017 1:55 PM 
Definitely gif. The G stands for GRAPHICAL, not jraphical
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