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cue GIF pronunciation war.


It's not pronounced "jraphics interchange format", therefore hard G


And yet it is gif like in gin and giraffe...


And yet there's also girl, gift, gimp, gill, gibbon, and giggle.


But but but the creator himself said it is gif like in gin and giraffe... right?

TIL: gimp is gimp and not gimp? I always pronounced this like gin.


> But but but the creator himself said it is gif like in gin and giraffe... right?

Yeah, that's what the creator said, and that's actually how I pronounce it, too. Just pointing out that "gi-" words can have both hard and soft Gs.

> TIL: gimp is gimp and not gimp? I always pronounced this like gin.

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