How do you pronounce .gif?

[BluetoothBoy]

I say "jif". And Sentry, it's not grammar, it's phonetics.

[Ad Bot]

[SlayerZ99]

jif

[Nal]

JIF

[Jake White]

The guy that created the image format calls it gif, with a soft G.

It's Jif.

[TristanLuigi]

Like gift, without the T.
I didn't even know people even pronounced it like peanut butter.

[sorrel]

Giffenheimgifburger

[Kalphiter²]

gimp
giggle
giddy
gift
give
gimmick
gill
gizzard
gizmo

just saying...

George
Georgia
Genie
Genital
General
Gene
Genealogy
Gentle
Genocide
Genial
Geography
Genius
Gelatin
Gerbil
German
Germ
Gem
Geology
Gestation
Gel

Gypsy (substitute for letter I)
Gym (substitute for letter I)
Giraffes
Ginger
Gigantic
Giant
Gin
Gist

*-ological
*-gic
*-gist
Digit
Engine
Fungi
Legible
Region
Apologize
Apologetic
Fugitive
Religion
Agile
Gorgeous <--- take note
Budget

See how there's an extra "e" in "gorgeous"? That's how you turn a "g" before a/o/u into a soft "g".

2 romance languages share the pronunciation change between e/i and a/o/u. English generally makes "g" soft with ge/gi/gy.

There are many reasons for those exceptions. Some words of Germanic origin, since the "g" is always hard, never got their spellings changed when French and Latin stems were introduced to English.

[Niff]

I pronounce it

Guh-iff

Gif

[Acerblock]

Like it's spelled.

[Nal]

KALPHITER IS CORRECT
YOU ALL ARE WRONG ITS JIF

[Kalphiter²]

The real question is about the default pronunciation rule for ge/gi, or at leas for gi. GIF is a fabricated word (actually, an acronym that turned into a word) and has no history.

[dkamm65]

Everyone but Kalphiter is wrong. never thought i'd say that

Technically nobody is wrong. OP just asked how we pronounce it, not what the correct way to pronounce it is.

http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/creator-gif-files-insists-its-jif-internet-turmoil-6C10020905

The creator of .gifs says it's jif so it's jif.

The problem is nobody cares what he says.

[Apex]

Geoff

[Masterlegodude]

Geoff

Ramsey

[TheScout]

hey theres probably a joke i could make h

Geoff

fuuuuuUCKING