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[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 58 points 11 months ago (7 children)

It's pronounced Gif, with a soft G as in Graphics.

I don't give a fuck what the idiot creator thinks it should be pronounced as, I'll die on this hill with my honor intact, surrounded by the corpses of everyone who thinks Jif is referring to anything but peanut butter.

[–] emorytaylor@lemmy.world 46 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You say soft g when you mean hard g. Hard g's include GOAT, game, dragon, and gangster. And gif.

[–] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What do you mean? It's not said jraphics card?

[–] EssentialCoffee@midwest.social 0 points 11 months ago

That's because it's a hard g.

[–] dh34d@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 11 months ago

The peanut butter is exactly the reason he picked that pronunciation. Choosy developers choose gif.

[–] SeahorseTreble@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It's pronounced GIF (sounding out each letter), like in that 'If Google Was A Guy' CollegeHumor video. Just so that it doesn't annoy or antagonise anyone for a meaningless purpose. Everyone wins.

[–] SeahorseTreble@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Or, maybe both pronouncers (the "jiff" gang and the "giff" crowd) will team up against me for saying that. At least we'll have harmony for most people if that's the case, and I'll be a sacrifice to keep the peace.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago
[–] Molecular0079@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

That's my reasoning as well. Jif is for peanut butter, why make things extra confusing?

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

It's pronounced jif because jraphics are his phavorite.

[–] gnuplusmatt@reddthat.com 2 points 11 months ago

Jif is a cleaning product

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

But other words like SCUBA and NASA are not pronounced like the words they derive from, so this can't be an all-encompassing rule.

ETA: Or maybe I've been pronouncing SCUBA and NASA wrong