Um, no.
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He's a programmer, not a linguist.
It's Graphics Interchange Format. Hard G in the word graphics, thus hard G in GIF.
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Secondly, if he had intended for a different pronunciation (English language: fuck me, right?) he should have said something twenty six years ago... rather than trying to correct everyone now like an elitist prick.
actually they always said it like that, the creators team of workers had a slogan that read "choosy developers choose gif" in reference to the peanut butter company's slogan
Before I really knew what one was this girl kept saying she sent these guys a gif and I thought she was saying gift and I was like why do you keep calling it a gift when you basically just sent them porn and then someone else said "JIF fool" and I was just like why didn't you say that in the first place hahaha
Thats why your opinion on this is obsolete. You say Jif because you are not an intelligent person most likely, because you can't realize it is GRAPHICS. It is pronounced GIF not Jif. It's not damn peanut butter.
lol okay I was just saying that's what I would say.. and I didn't know what it stood for before this either so I wouldn't guess it to be gif. jif just always flowed better.
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He's a programmer, not a linguist.
It's Graphics Interchange Format. Hard G in the word graphics, thus hard G in GIF.
.
Secondly, if he had intended for a different pronunciation (English language: fuck me, right?) he should have said something twenty six years ago... rather than trying to correct everyone now like an elitist prick.