The discussion began with changing the cat on Everett's blog. Here's the Gif I used :)
But do I call it a Gif (with a hard G like Gift) or a Gif (with a soft J like Jiff)?
According to Newsweek (article link ), it should be the hard G, like Gift.
Reasons:
*The "G" in GIF stands for Graphic, which is pronounced with a hard G. It's Graphic Interchange Format.
*"Gift" is GIF's closest neighbor.
*A computer would pronounce the acronym with a hard "G."
*Our brains logically just want to pronounce it with a hard G.
But the creator feels otherwise. In his acceptance of the Webby Lifetime achievement award (Not going to lie-kind of cool to think about the real people who created the things that we use everyday and that there are awards for this stuff!).He says (Jiff)
I think I will probably still say it with the hard G because it makes sense to my brain.
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