Tag: GIF news

  • Everybody has an opinion on the pronunciation of GIF

    Everybody has an opinion on the pronunciation of GIF

    When the GIF’s creator Steve Wilhite, won a lifetime achievement award at the Webby Awards on Tuesday night, he finally put the issue to rest by accepting his award with a GIF that said “IT’S PRONOUNCED ‘JIF’ NOT ‘GIF.’”  Well, he tried to put the issue to rest, but his announcement actually just sparked more heated internet debate.…

  • JIF vs. GIF

    JIF vs. GIF

    There’s a pretty good debate going on over at REDDIT: JIF vs. GIF Senior Lecturer on Computer Science at Harvard College for the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, David J. Malan, pronounces it ‘jiff’ – That’s good enough for me.

  • How do you pronounce “GIF”?

    How do you pronounce “GIF”?

    How do you pronounce GIF? With a soft G as in “Gin”, or with a hard G as in “Gift”? Some people have very strong opinions on the matter. The debate rages on over at the GIF Pronunciation Page. and Reddit. Oh, incidentally, we prefer to say “JIF” —with the soft G— as the developers…

  • “GIF” officially crowned America’s 2012 Word of the Year

    “GIF” officially crowned America’s 2012 Word of the Year

    LINK Wow, GIF is a verb. Who knew? Do you GIF?