Gif or Jif?

[Toopy14]

"It's said with a "soft G like the peanut butter and not a "hard G." That's according to creator Steve Wilhite, who made the declaration in 2013 while accepting a Webby Award."

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/25/business/jif-gif-peanut-butter-trnd/index.html

 

[chris]

Yup.

 

[h.c.e.]

Personally I say a hard g like the g in Graphics Interchange Format. While i know soft g is technically correct, my experience is most people also say hard g, gif, and not soft g, jif.

At any rate, I’m fine with however people chose to pronounce gif, so long as we can all agree that JIF peanut butter is the best brand of peanut butter

 

[Scented Meat]

Definitely.

 

[Admin M@]

Graphics Interchange Format or Jraphics Interchange Format?

 

[Robboman]

Jay Peg!

 

[PincoTech]

JPEG

 

[getlostinsound]

bitmap is king

 

[Toopy14]

Either way...I love peanut butter!

 

[Admin M@]

PNG FTW

 

[Robboman]

Just realized I've always called PNG 'ping' and I'm not sure why or if anyone else does. I bet others would say 'pee enn gee'.

 

[getlostinsound]

I’m pretty sure it’s pronounced “poing”

 

[dpeterson]

 

[Rex]

Just realized I've always called PNG 'ping' and I'm not sure why or if anyone else does. I bet others would say 'pee enn gee'.

I've always pronounced FRFR as "fur-fur." Weird, but way less cumbersome.

 

[Scented Meat]

Graphics Interchange Format or Jraphics Interchange Format?

Jraphic Park?

 

[jefferski]

.tiff is king... ;-)

And I call it a soft-G, djenty, peanut buttery... " djiff "

 

[rushfan]

One of my favorite local band names, "JIF and the Choosy Mothers!"

Was a band in the mid-80's made up of some KRNA radio folks out of Cedar Rapids, Iowa

 

[shatteredsquare]

Graphics Interchange Format or Jraphics Interchange Format?

 

[Muad'zin]

Once its out there you've pretty much lost control over how the audience perceives and receives your work. George Lucas says that Greedo shot first, we all know what the fans think of that. So pronounce it like you want too.

And that's excluding how those for whom English is a 2nd language and who mangle the language will pronounce it. Come to think of it, in Dutch we already pronounce it with a soft G.

 

[shemihazazel]