Yahoo

If You Pronounce GIF with a Hard G, You Must Be New to the Internet

It didn't require the imprimatur of The New York Times to resolve the GIF pronunciation debate, nor will the paper's assertion on Tuesday actually resolve it. But the war is won, even if the battle ...
Yahoo

Here’s a Timeline of the Debate About How to Pronounce GIF

The Graphics Interchange Format, or GIF, was first developed by computer scientist working at CompuServe back in 1987. And while it has swelled or dipped, the debate over how to pronounce the acronym ...
WTSP

GIF vs. Jif: Peanut butter weighs in on pronunciation debate

The debate has raged for years over the pronunciation of the acronym for Graphics Interchange Format file type. In one camp, there are those who pronounce GIF with a hard G, as in "good" and "girl." ...
Los Angeles Times

GIF’s 25th birthday: Is it pronounced ‘gif’ or ‘jif’? [Poll]

Twenty-five years ago Friday, Steve Wilhite invented the GIF file format and bestowed upon the world the perfect vehicle for some of the best memes ever created. It’s more than a picture but not quite ...
Irish Sun

What is a GIF, who invented the image format, how is it pronounced and what’s an animated meme?

THE GIF turned 30 today, so, let's wish the Graphical Interchange Format a very happy birthday. From its humble beginnings on black and white computers to its now ubiquitous usage in memes, we have ...
Daily Mail

'It's pronounced jif. End of story': Inventor of the GIF finally declares how the file format's name is pronounced

Once just a part of the jargon of hardcore computer enthusiasts, how to properly say GIF has been debated since it was invented in 1987 as a means of neatly compressing images. It has since become ...
Gizmodo

How the Hell Do You Pronounce GIF Anyway?

If it weren’t for Andy Milonakis tweeting that “choosy web designers choose GIF,” I’d never be able to remember how to pronounce the damned file extension. Are Andy and I really pronouncing it ...
The Atlantic

If You Pronounce GIF with a Hard G, You Must Be New to the Internet

And so on. But the thing is? The Times is right. The first GIF I ever made, which, lamentably, isn't currently online, was of breakdancers. (It was sort of like the image at left, which is from this ...
The Sun

What is a GIF, who invented the image format, how is it pronounced and what’s an animated meme?

From its humble beginnings on black and white computers to its now ubiquitous usage in memes and how Facebook is celebrating the GIF's birthday THE GIF turned 30 today, so, let’s wish the Graphical ...
The Atlantic

If You Pronounce GIF with a Hard G, You Must Be New to the Internet

And so on. But the thing is? The Times is right. The first GIF I ever made, which, lamentably, isn't currently online, was of breakdancers. (It was sort of like the image at left, which is from this ...