• derf82@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The guy that invented the GIF said it is pronounced Jif. And of course that is a common pronunciation for “gi” words, like gin, giraffe, ginger, giant, ginseng, and so on.

    And before you say “but the g stands for graphics” tell me about what the p in MPEG stands for.

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        1 year ago

        And none of that changes the “ji” is a common pronunciation of gi. Sure, go is the hard g, but y’all act like gif is the only word with the soft g.

        The true stupid move is demanding that there is only one pronunciation. Like many worlds with variations, both are acceptable.

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      1 year ago

      I don’t care what the creator says. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

      Seriously, he waited an awfully long time to announce how to say Gif. He clearly did it just do fuck with people. Just pronounce it however you want.