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Gif stands for “Graphics Interchange Format”. If it were pronounced “jif”, it would be “Jraphics Interchange Format”.

It is a Graphics Card, not a Jraphics Card!

Do you pronounce Sim, Vin, and pin like sime, vine, and pine? The I for all of them stand for identification, so you have to stress the i.

What about ICE? The C stands for customs, you must pronounce it like “ike”. Or do you pronounce customs as sustoms?

The Creator of the GIF Says It's Pronounced JIF. He Is Wrong

Along with whether or not Al Gore invented the Internet, figuring out the correct pronunciation of GIF is one of the earliest questions of the Internet. I grew up believing it was hard-G GIF. Most people I know pronounce it like that too. Even the White House agreed on pronouncing GIF like 'gift'. But we have to…

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Right, like how scuba is pronounced “scuhbba” and but “scooba” because it is “self contained underwater breathing apparatus”
But what about Jee Pee Yoo
That’s the same reason why it’s hard for me to watch linux youtubers, guh-nome.
That’s why jpeg is pronounced with a p, because it stands for Joint Potographic Experts Group