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When you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIF (i.imgur.com)
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[–] darkpanda@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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

[–] TRSea@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Why isn't this higher up? Thanks for the real info, I was going to post this if no one else did.

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