Contraversial! Someone told me the inventor of the term says 'jif' even though most folks use 'gif' and that really threw me. Up to that point I assumed it was a hard g at the front.

Many keyboards have been destroyed in about this very own issue. Perhaps, many more keyboard warriors spirits crushed recklessly...,

Not sure if I’m alone on this one, but every time I hear someone pronounce it with the “J” I think they have a lower IQ.

It's a short for Graphics Interchange Format. So it has to be hard-G. Also the Cambridge dictionary has hard-G. https://dictionary.cambridge.org...

https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2... But we all know bad habits die hard.

"Graphics Interchange Format" - it's a hard "g" folks, not rocket science. "JIF" is a peanut butter brand, creamy or crunchy.

All right thinking people who have been working in the tech industry since the late-80's/early-90's know that it's pronounced 'JIF'. Young Hotshot Code Monkey: "JUST ASK AROUND, EVERYONE AGREES IT PRONOUNCED 'GIF'!!" Me: "OK, Millennial"

Back in the DOS days, my company Genus Microprogramming sold the GIF Toolkit and we pronounced it "JIF" given the inventor of the format pronounced it that way. Besides, Alex Trebek says so, and that's that. https://www.theatlantic.com/tech...

The story goes that at the time the devs working on the project would say “choosy developers choose gifs,” and reference to the old Jif peanut butter slogan (“choosy Moms choose Jif.”

Just two choices isn't enough... I actually prefer the non-controversial Swedish Chef pronunciation, "Yif". My grandfather came from Sweden, and old school muppets are awesome... current ad campaigns notwithstanding.

Anyone who falls under the "hard g for graphics" reasoning better say "jay-feg" 😁 JIF forever!

*triggered*

Well since it stands for Graphics Interchange Format I would have to assume the "G" would be pronounces that same way as the "G" in the root word Graphics. It's not Jraphics. so...

Don't care what the founder/creator/inventor says...it will always be GIF in my head.

It's "jif". When you invent your own file format, you get to decide what it's called.

Of course it's pronounced "JIF" because it's short for Giraffe-ics Interchange Format.

I am the only one on my team to pronounce it "jif"... and I will never give in.

Graphic image format. It is spelled with a hard G. So it's GIF. Who care what the inventor says. He was wrong and he practiced erroneous accronimony. So that's it.

Let's end this debate already, lol! The acronym stands for "Graphics Interchange Format". The "G" should be a hard "G" for "Graphics". Not a soft "G" similar to the sound of "JIF". If we call it "JIF" we might as well start calling "Graphics" "Girrafics" 🦒😜

I know it's pronounced JIF but I pronounce it GIF anyway