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| Topic | Why "gif" (as in giraffe) is the right pronunciation for gif |
| GenXer 02/25/24 3:09:26 PM #33: | SauI_Goodman posted... Didn't the guy who created the gif say it's jif. I'll go with what the creator says. C_Pain posted... The creator of the format said it's JIF. A quote from this article: www.fastcompany.com/90466800/jif-trolls -the-world-by-rebranding-as-gif-with-a-hard-g (delete the space after "trolls" -- stupid GFAQs limits). Chung recounts when Wilhite actually wrote him, and explained Giphy was butchering the whole thing. Chung countered that the gif, with the hard g, is something different than what Wilhite had invented. Those early construction signs of the internet had evolved through mass cultural re-appropriation. They became mini movies that spread across the internet, vital to the way we communicate. And the people sharing these files called them gifs with the hard g. We got to an agreement where he was like, you can totally use gif, Chung laughs, who notes the only people who still say jif are either from San Francisco or really old. Edit: I've never tried this before so if it doesn't work . . . http://tinyurl.com/5xw38mtt Edit 2: Damn, that was easy! I should've tried that a long time ago! ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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