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[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago (6 children)

It's pronounced Gif, with a soft G as in Graphics.

I don't give a fuck what the idiot creator thinks it should be pronounced as, I'll die on this hill with my honor intact, surrounded by the corpses of everyone who thinks Jif is referring to anything but peanut butter.

[–] emorytaylor@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You say soft g when you mean hard g. Hard g's include GOAT, game, dragon, and gangster. And gif.

[–] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you mean? It's not said jraphics card?

That's because it's a hard g.

[–] SeahorseTreble@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's pronounced GIF (sounding out each letter), like in that 'If Google Was A Guy' CollegeHumor video. Just so that it doesn't annoy or antagonise anyone for a meaningless purpose. Everyone wins.

[–] SeahorseTreble@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Or, maybe both pronouncers (the "jiff" gang and the "giff" crowd) will team up against me for saying that. At least we'll have harmony for most people if that's the case, and I'll be a sacrifice to keep the peace.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[–] Molecular0079@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That's my reasoning as well. Jif is for peanut butter, why make things extra confusing?

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It's pronounced jif because jraphics are his phavorite.

[–] gnuplusmatt@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

Jif is a cleaning product

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

But other words like SCUBA and NASA are not pronounced like the words they derive from, so this can't be an all-encompassing rule.

ETA: Or maybe I've been pronouncing SCUBA and NASA wrong