None of the pronounciation rules or other linguistic arguments matter.
The important point is, we’ve had this file format for decades. We’ve called it hard-g GIF for decades. I created GIFs in the 90s. There was even a JIF format at the same time, so we definitely didn’t pronounce GIF that way.
No matter what the creator says, or how you pronounce SCUBA… GIF is pronounced like GIFT without the T and it always has been. If you say otherwise I’d be willing to bet you weren’t on the internet in the 90s or 00s.
Where the fuck did I find someone in real life to talk to about image formats? I always thought it was j. I can’t even recall any conversations about it until the 2010s.
Sorry but no. Jif is what i said back then, and what i will say until i die. All the people i know have been calling it jif like “giraffe” and we will forever call it that. But if someone called it hard g gif i can understand what they are talking about just fine and i would literally pay 0 attention to it. Have better things to do. abcdef…gif.
None of the pronounciation rules or other linguistic arguments matter.
The important point is, we’ve had this file format for decades. We’ve called it hard-g GIF for decades. I created GIFs in the 90s. There was even a JIF format at the same time, so we definitely didn’t pronounce GIF that way.
No matter what the creator says, or how you pronounce SCUBA… GIF is pronounced like GIFT without the T and it always has been. If you say otherwise I’d be willing to bet you weren’t on the internet in the 90s or 00s.
Where the fuck did I find someone in real life to talk to about image formats? I always thought it was j. I can’t even recall any conversations about it until the 2010s.
Wait, are you a schubadiver as well?
Sorry but no. Jif is what i said back then, and what i will say until i die. All the people i know have been calling it jif like “giraffe” and we will forever call it that. But if someone called it hard g gif i can understand what they are talking about just fine and i would literally pay 0 attention to it. Have better things to do. abcdef…gif.