OberonSwanson@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhen you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIFi.imgur.comimagemessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1583arrow-down162
arrow-up1521arrow-down1imageWhen you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIFi.imgur.comOberonSwanson@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square115fedilink
minus-squaredarkpanda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down4·1 year agoThe creator of the format, Steve Wihite, says it’s pronounced as JIF, but personally I still say GIF out of habit. https://www.cnn.com/2013/05/22/tech/web/pronounce-gif/index.html
minus-squareblanketswithsmallpox@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down3·1 year agoIt’s like hearing people who work at Asus call it Asus instead of Asus. The only reason they’re saying it’s Asus is because they have to. They say Asus like everyone else at home. Also, after a certain amount of time, the word you made up is no longer yours. That be how language works yo.
minus-squarePixxlMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoAt this point GIFs in their original form as .GIF files barely exist anymore. GIF basically just means “short clip”. Why would the author get any say at all at that point?
minus-squareTRSea@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWhy isn’t this higher up? Thanks for the real info, I was going to post this if no one else did.
minus-squaredb2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoI hate the way it’s pronounced. It should be like Line-ix, but the creator of it decides so as ugly as it is to say it’s lih-nucks.
The creator of the format, Steve Wihite, says it’s pronounced as JIF, but personally I still say GIF out of habit.
https://www.cnn.com/2013/05/22/tech/web/pronounce-gif/index.html
It’s like hearing people who work at Asus call it Asus instead of Asus.
The only reason they’re saying it’s Asus is because they have to. They say Asus like everyone else at home.
Also, after a certain amount of time, the word you made up is no longer yours. That be how language works yo.
At this point GIFs in their original form as .GIF files barely exist anymore. GIF basically just means “short clip”. Why would the author get any say at all at that point?
Why isn’t this higher up? Thanks for the real info, I was going to post this if no one else did.
I hate the way it’s pronounced. It should be like Line-ix, but the creator of it decides so as ugly as it is to say it’s lih-nucks.