Is is "G"IF ir "J"IF... you be the Judge

Seems like this is an ancient hot debate

Published on January 9, 2006 By Sembetu In WinCustomize Talk

The C|net / news.com hosted esoterica blog has decided to make a foray into one of the longest standing debates in the history of computing. Hold on to your hats people, and get ready to hotly contest whether it is GIF with a hard G or JIF with a soft G. You be the judge, you decide, the public awaits your professional opinion.

Comments (Page 2)

Sembetu

on Jan 09, 2006

There's alway one, isn't there...

Reppiks

on Jan 09, 2006

Now here this...The "G" stands for "graphic" which is a hard G! therefore, it must be a hard "gif". Now, that and $.95 will get you a cup of coffee!

Adamness

on Jan 09, 2006

Good logic Reppiks. I guess that's the end of that.

RadialFX

on Jan 09, 2006

Ges it is GIF!

aimzzz

on Jan 09, 2006

I guess that's the end of that.

You would let lojic higack a jood discussion?

Xenon101

on Jan 09, 2006

"Graphics Interchange Format". You dont spell graphics with a "J". "Jraphics"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whatever!! I say "G"IF!

.... it's P-N-G, in my head. TGA, is T-G-A.... not t'ga, or targa [quote/]

PNG is P-N-G but I prefer targa over T-G-A.

Sleeping Dragon

on Jan 09, 2006

Ping, Gif, J-peg, bitmap, T-G-A, and Chicken pot, Chicken pot, Chicken pot pie.

Lantec

on Jan 09, 2006

"Graphics Interchange Format"

Dead on. Although at one time I seem to remember it as "Compuserve Graphic Interchange Format"

Sleeping Dragon

on Jan 09, 2006

Dead on. Although at one time I seem to remember it as "Compuserve Graphic Interchange Format"

That's how it reads on my 'puter, too. ...So it's a CGIF, pronounced KGiff

Lantec

on Jan 09, 2006

Still have a copy of the little ring binder guide for CIM v1.0
(Compuserve Information Manager)definetly the king of late 80's BBS services. I kept my account right up to the day AOL bought them out. For you youngsters....I used to pay $22.50 US per hour for 300 baud access. Unbelieveable the way things have developed.

starone

on Jan 09, 2006

Hum, don't think I've ever seen "Jif", or is it "Jiff", personally. If I've misspelled his name forgive me. Now "Gif" is and has been more familiar and an old friend but alas had to bury him too for the new fellows on the block, i.e. "TGA" and "PNG". Now they are really nice ones to get to know. The other two, well, guess I'd better stop for now.

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Jafo

on Jan 09, 2006

'GIF' is a proprietary format...so it's up to Compuserve to determine how its format is pronounced....

Since it's initials....GEE EYE EFF, 'normal' pronunciation would have the 'GEE' retained and the rest as 'IF'....and since 2 syllables [GEE IFF] is one too many....people are lazy it'd be shortened to 'Gif', pronounced with the same 'g' as in 'giraffe'...the 'gi' in 'gif' is the same then as the 'gi' in 'giraffe'.

Either way....as long as 'what it is' is communicated without confusion....who REALLY cares?....

aimzzz

on Jan 09, 2006

jiraffes don't jive a flip

yrag

on Jan 09, 2006

...how many Coopers do you have to down to spank the Queen Mum's english that hard...??

Reppiks

on Jan 09, 2006

Jafo, (not pronounced as Gafo) since you are the utmost authority on the King's English, I'm surprised you just gave in on this one!

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