The good old Jraphics Interchange Format.
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Hang on, I can never find it when it's relevant. Where's that gif of the giraffes passing pictures back and forth?
It turns out it was really easy this time:
Can't upload, too wide.
Here's this godawful url, good luck to everybody's clients:
Gif of two giraffes passing an image back and forth
Text over the gif reads:
It's pronounced "JIF" because it stands for Giraffic Interchange Format
(Paraphrase brought to you by my very short short-term memory)
It's pronounced however the masses pronounce it. Language is fluid things evolve. If everyone says GIF, it's GIF.
But I pronounce it jraphical.
Thinjs evolve!
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Some speakers pronounce GIF as an initialism rather than an acronym, producing /dʒiː aɪ ɛf/.
Monsters.
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I am going to counter this by pronouncing jpeg as „jay pej“
It is both. There is room in this world for two pronunciations of words.
I pronounce it 'gif' myself
I know people who pronounce it both ways, so I understand that it is both.
With a username like that, I would expect that since you're drunk on Apple wine & therefore probably screw it up yourself... 😜
Your username checks out.
Yeah, like you're the first to tell me that.
Explanation: Around the turn of the millennium, I was trying to come up with a username to use on a particular site that had a shortish character count limit for usernames. My goal was something related to the fact that I would often be making my points in arguments with "holier-than-thou" types by taking what they were saying, and turning it on its head so the offensive stuff was directed back at them.
I also happened to learn shortly beforehand that many years ago "'ape" was somewhat commonly used as a verb to mean "imitate" or "copy."
I'm sure you can figure the rest out.
And no I'm certainly not a drunk but enjoy the rich ethnobotanical history and culture of Hessen Äpfelwein but extremely superficial stereotypes are what they are.
Sorry, I meant no offense, but was instead trying perhaps too hard to make a funny. My sincerest apologies if it landed poorly. My only excuse is that I was up much later than usual, unable to sleep due to (trying to avoid) thinking about something I had to deal with today. Fortunately, it went much smoother than expected.
Once again, I apologize for being so crass.
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Step away from the shit-pile. Your food fight isn't going to happen, no matter how many handfuls you lob at passers-by.
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Never expected to see enlightened centrism show up in the GIF/JIF conflict.
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No, the peanut butter pronunciation aficionados must be suppressed at all costs. It is the only path forward for peace.
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Ah shit, here we jo ajain.
Sorry, but JIF was already taken by a brand of peanutbutter for almost 30 years before the Graphics Interchange Format was created.
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I accept both form of pronounciation, but I say gif.
Damn woke lib!
/s
Let's ask Jod what he thinks.
gif as 'n gift, so it in fact das werk dat wae!!
The fact they have to spell the "correct" way with a J is hilarious to me
It's provides less ambiguity for English speakers.
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