Because it goes against the rules of acronym pronunciation and more importantly because he waited to correct us for 26 fucking years like a pretentious fucking prick.
Also, he wanted it pronounced because he was going to "advertise" the format with "Choosy developers choose Jif," blatantly ripping of trademarked and copywriten brand identity from the peanut butter.
The fact that used 'lol' as a comparison is as much a case against 'Jif' as I need. Out of all the other comparisons, you pick 'laugh out loud', and even then, it's original acronym was L.O.L...
Someone would argue that "gif" sounds retarted, but that's not the point.
According to those who are in favour of "gif" over "jif", acronyms should be pronounced according to the original words they are acronyms of.
This "rule" should apply to all acronyms, yet I have never heard someone in favour of "gif", saying that pc should be pronounced "pk", which leads me to the conclusion that they don't really care about "Graphics" and they say "gif" because it sounds better to them.
People argue everything
Also, he wanted it pronounced because he was going to "advertise" the format with "Choosy developers choose Jif," blatantly ripping of trademarked and copywriten brand identity from the peanut butter.
You pronounce it how it's spelled
I'm glad someone agrees with me
- The G on Graphics is hard, so why wouldn't the G in the acronym be?
According to those who are in favour of "gif" over "jif", acronyms should be pronounced according to the original words they are acronyms of.
This "rule" should apply to all acronyms, yet I have never heard someone in favour of "gif", saying that pc should be pronounced "pk", which leads me to the conclusion that they don't really care about "Graphics" and they say "gif" because it sounds better to them.
They don't care about it, because it sound s right, like GIF or SMAW
In an initialism, you say each letter individually and they are pronounced as they are in the alphabet, hence pee-cee.