Gif or Jif?

[Borealis]

Agree for hard G

Artistic for soft G

[brushtool]

This is going to turn into a bloodbath

[gdfsgdfg]

Griffith!!!!!!!!!!!

[elix]

guhjif, there everyone wins

[_maverick_]

Graphics interchange format

[Ott]

https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/596/aae83cfe-f140-44bd-a943-338c3c558c8c/image.png

[SIRIUS]

The fact that you had to differentiate it as "jif" gives you your answer

[The Adjudicator]

Hard R

[Karmah]

Jeph

[Last or First]

It's obviously pronounced "heef."

https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/210867/49041fb8-b8c1-468e-91bf-60da2d532a48/gila-monster_thumb.JPG

[Celcord]

Thanks to this thread, I know who to avoid going forward.
Cheers.

[DokVis]

https://i.imgur.com/aTNcXZc.png

[Captain]

I say it spelled out (G.I.F.)

[brushtool]

guf

[wauterboi]

I would pronounce it with a hard "G". My reasoning is as follows:
The only other words in the English that begins with "gif" and is reasonably common use are actually words that begin with "gift". Gift is pronounced with a hard "G".
The abbreviation, "GIF", stands for Graphics Interchange Format. Graphics is pronounced with a hard "G". Similarly, "JPEG" stands for Joint Photography Experts Group, and both pronunciations use a hard "J".
The use of a soft "G" generally comes from France or other "Romance origins", and neither "gift" nor "graphics" are from France. Since "gif" doesn't really have a prescribed pronunciation and its nearest word and roots come from languages where it would be pronounced with a hard "G", it's a little more consistent to just roll with the hard "G".

[Mingebox]

My reason: soft "g" sounds just roll off the tongue better.

[Discofex]

If you say it with a j then you must say Jiraffe instead of Giraffe, and Jolden instead of Golden.

[Thelurker1234]

I say hard G

But i've been saying soft g more to fuck with people too. It really doesn't matter.

[Mingebox]

Uh, how do you say Giraffe?

[hops]

giraffics interchange format, obviously

[Mr. Someguy]

jraphics interchange format

[Mio_Akiyama]

Gif like gift

[Nill22]

I alternate between the two inconsistently

[Chonch]

hyeif

[20CigsPerSecond]

Geoff

[megafat]

Hard G, because I'm not a savage animal.

[Meeseeks]

it's pronounced gif, not gif

[Col. Buggernuts]

Jif. Just sounds nicer to me. Ultimately it's irrelevant as gif is a dying format; hell, the argument over it's pronunciation will probably outlast the format itself.

[DrVincentWolf]

Yiff

[Pseudonym]

I use both pronunciations interchangeably. Hard G is what I consider correct, though.