I’m 99% sure the creator was either being sarcastic, or he decided to be a contrarian for the internet clicks. “GIF” is an acronym that stands for “Graphics Interchange Format”. It makes very little sense to intentionally pronounce it like a peanut butter brand.
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napalminjello@kbin.social 1 year ago
We were literally told it was pronounced "jif" by the creator. Sorry if it hurts your little feelings
MossyFeathers@pawb.social 1 year ago
HeckGazer@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Of all the arguments this one always feels like the absolute weakest. There are so many acronyms that are not pronounced like that it’s unreal. Unless you commit to pronouncing it jayfeg for the rest of your life…
vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
actually, gif is an acronym. Specifically not an initialism. That means that it is pronounced as a single word (like “scuba”, but unlike “fbi” or “nsa”).
The pronunciation of the acronym does not have to conform to the original pronunciation of the letters.
Examples:
the “p” in jpeg stands for the “ph” sound, but we pronounce it as a hard “p”.
The “u” in scuba stands for “underwater”. We still pronounce it as “scOOba” not “scAAba”
So why is “gif” any different? Its creator chose the soft G for the pronunciation of the acronym (not its expansion), and therefore it is the correct one, simply because there is no rule about how it should be pronounced, so the choice was his. He made it
napalminjello@kbin.social 1 year ago
Contrarian when he said "choosy developers choose gif" (implying the soft g) in 1987? I think that precedes the internet debate a little
britishblaze@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah not everyone is from the US and had that brand. The soft g has always made sense as much hard g, especially if you say the words Gin or Gym besides it.
CrypticFawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
I’m also convinced he did that just to be an annoying contrarian back in 2013 when he announced how he pronounces it.
Dude likely never actually cared.
Reliant1087@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s SQL all over again.
Rootiest@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The sequel if you will
Reliant1087@lemmy.world 1 year ago
🤣 I remember hearing that for the first time and thinking wtf are they talking about.
CrypticFawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
He waited til 2013 to come out and say that though, when he made it back in 1987. What he wants doesn’t matter.
The most popular way to pronounce a word wins; Sorry if it hurts your little feelings.
Thulcander@lemmy.world 1 year ago
he dead though
kaffiene@lemmy.world 1 year ago
So?
danwardvs@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
The British are the creator of the English language but they pronounce nearly every word wrong.
norawibb@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Whoever invented all the words in that sentence certainly didn’t pronounce them like you do.
napalminjello@kbin.social 1 year ago
I mean, id pronounce them the way the creators said if they were here and specifically told me how to pronounce it 💁🏻
norawibb@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
ok chaucer, lol. you’d sound weird to everyone else
napalminjello@kbin.social 1 year ago
But I would be correct, and isn't that what's most important in the world?