How do you pronounce GIF?

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How do you pronounce GIF?

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I personally pronounce it in raw audio data myself.
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Re: How do you pronounce GIF?

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i pronounce it gif with g as in gregory
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MetalJack98 wrote: Thu Nov 13, 2025 12:48 am
I personally pronounce it in raw audio data myself.
I guess it's short enough you don't really need compression... :orange_lol:
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Re: How do you pronounce GIF?

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it's prenounced jeff obviously
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Re: How do you pronounce GIF?

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Jif (I have no idea if it's the "correct" pronunciation)
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Re: How do you pronounce GIF?

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Patachoo wrote: Thu Nov 13, 2025 7:30 am
Jif (I have no idea if it's the "correct" pronunciation)
I've heard a story that the original inventor of the GIF said it's pronounced "jif" near the end of his life, but I have no idea if this is actually real or just some silly myth.

I searched it up, it seems it is indeed pronounced "jif" :sign_search:
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Re: How do you pronounce GIF?

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Jiff :epic:

I get the argument that it's *graphical* not *jraphical* but I heard so many people pronounce it that way and I pronounced it that way so many times that I'm too used to it now.
Also yeah the creator said it's jif so it's canon.

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Daniele63 wrote: Thu Nov 13, 2025 12:32 pm
I get the argument that it's *graphical* not *jraphical*
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