One of the longest debates in history is ended

[Snkz]

the creator clearly doesnt know what the fuck he's talking about

 

[Outlaw]

I wonder what the average age of GIF vs JIF is.

Even though jif is clearly the correct choice.

 

[Honus]

i've always pronounced it GIF since that's just more natural, i swear u all sound like hooligans saying jif; although i guess one saving argument for the other side is that susan coffey called it a jif in some interview xPithario

 

[shade]

as much as i will continue calling it

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-T

this is some really silly logic.
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come on man its gif not presen

 

[tape]

i generally pronounce it with "g" but every once in a while i just refer to them as ".shit" just to piss-off people like outlaw

 

[Outlaw]

i generally pronounce it with "g" but every once in a while i just refer to them as ".shit" just to piss-off people like outlaw

Why would that piss me off?

 

[Pernicious]

i spell it out. i think that's something that most gay people do

 

[PK Gaming]

Glad to see that 70% of smogon users have common sense.

 

[Princess Bubblegum]

Whoa, not pronouncing things the way they are thought to be by their spelling in English! Jesus look at this craziness going on here, I can't think of any other words like this at all!

/sarcasm

 

[Alice]

I've always pronounced it 'jif', but I don't feel vindicated since I tend to mispronounce everything in the first place and therefore tend to assume whatever I improvise is incorrect...

Dear pluff you're already transforming reality with your toughts... JIF is just proof that everything you think about or believe in is eventually becoming true/real =)

 

[Chou Toshio]

This is why we need a phonetic alphabet/spelling system that actually makes sense (is logical and consistent)

 

[Jorgen]

I like phonetic ambiguity. It makes for a richer conversational experience.

 

[Aerodactyl Legend]

"I'll be there in a jif."

No wonder why I still had to always wait forever when people said that.

 

[Trax]

It's a fucking acronym for a file extension.

It does, however, make absolutely no sense to pronounce it like 'jif' unless you're a marketing drone for compuserve -- mostly because nobody will know what the fuck you're on about and also because there's a .jif file format.

 

[Lord Jesseus]

It's not pronounced jraphics interchange format so...

 

[Jukain]

wait people DON'T spell it out?

:o

 

[joshe]

jiffy lube

 

[v]

do hispanics say "hif" then?

 

[Harbinger of Peace]

I've always called them "GIFs", "JIF" is something you put on a sandwich. Besides, Graphics Interchange Format is abbreviated to G.I.F., and I believe it's just a matter of common sense to say it like GIF, since the G in graphics is pronounced with a "g" sound. Such a big discussion on something as small as a pronunciation. Poor foreigners, it must be hard to learn such a complicated language.

 

[kokoloko]

is gif

where the fuck did like a third of you even fucking get JIF from what the fuck

 

[Solace]

choosy moms choose gif

 

[cjrocker]

I like phonetic ambiguity. It makes for a richer conversational experience.

Lies, this is why the English language sucks.

 

[Shinryu]

JIF is peanut butter, not images that loop on until you close the browser.

This pretty much.

Regardless it won't matter, bulk of people will continue pronouncing it as gif, maybe a couple will convert to the other side, but that it. Whatever the most popular way of saying it will stick in the end, not which might/might not be more correct just cause some old geezer who invented it says it should be one way.

 

[Shiruba]

[youtube]RFZrzg62Zj0[/youtube]

 

[Steamroll]

I've always called them "GIFs", "JIF" is something you put on a sandwich.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who enjoys peanut butter in this thread :)