“JIF” vs “GIF”
(“Fun With English” meets “Yer Ing-Glish Sux!!!”)
his particular piece of English Pronunciation has largely fixed itself since it first became an issue. But it is not completely fixed. And I update this blog post from when it was originally written, so that if anyone wants to know WHY this was a ridiculously STUPID controversy on the internet a few year back.
his post is “Fun With English!!!” because… I try to make ALL my lessons fun. And it is “Yer Ing-Glish Sux!!!” because even the MAKER of the Graphics Interchange Format format known as “GIF” mis-pronounced it… And he’s a native English speaker.
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Normies: “But the guy who created GIFs says that it is pronounced “JIF”…”
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Me: …
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Just Because He Created The “GIF” — Does Not Mean He Knows Anything About Proper Pronunciation
So Here It Is…
“The Letter ‘G’ In The Acronym ‘GIF’ Is A ‘Hard G’!!!“
To The Creator Of The GIF! — We thank you and your team for giving us such a wonderful & useful image format (which I Love to use so very much). But please just stick with computer shit, and let me handle the English stuff. I think it will go better that way. 😎
My Thoughts Exactly
Have An Excellent Day!
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