How to pronounce GIF

[AudriTwo]

I'm honestly not sure, so I call them moving pictures like a moron.

 

[zippypinhead]

I'm honestly not sure, so I call them moving pictures like a moron.

You could call them "movies" for short.

 

[yummybrownfox]

Great thread! Steve Burton and Bradford Anderson (two stars from the soap General Hospital) were having a debate about this recently on their podcast.

 

[Lintilla]

There is a file extension .jif that was in use at the time I was introduced to .gif. Using a hard g makes that situation less confusing. I've always known that the hard g is "wrong", but I don't care. I also won't make any excuses like "it's 'graphics', not 'jraphics'", because acronyms simply don't have any such rule that they follow (acronyms and initialisms are usually pronounced according to whatever is easiest and catches on). I just do what I want, that's all.

 

[CatOwned]

I mostly just call it 'that thing you texted me.'

 

[BraisleeAdams]

I'm amazed nobody has posted this video yet!

 

[Dan Epstein]

It's not a phoneme, just an allophone, so does it really matter?

 

[SaffronBurke]

I'm amazed nobody has posted this video yet!

You heard God, everyone. Discussion's over.