Have mercy on our souls
AeonFelis, Let’s just agree on asking ChatJPT how it should be pronounced and go with whatever it says?
akariii, jay pee tee?
MrFunnyMoustache, Both are equally correct, so use whatever pronunciation you want.
tym, (edited ) Yes… the jraphical interchange format file extension has no proper pronunciation so we all get pronunciation participation trophies.
Pandawhiskers, My first name starts with a G and it’s soft. Many people will read it and pronounce it hard. This argument is for my identity
elfin8er, Okay Geoff.
dukk, Hey, Gerome.
ohitsbreadley, Not if Ianthe has anything to say about it.
curiousaur, I hope you say jfeg the to be consistent, because that’s how the p in photography is pronounced.
crazyCat, You know what I think, almost no one ever needs to actually say this word anyway. Anyone who uses them knows what they are and don’t need to talk about them, and if they do it’s just in a quick text chat.
iAvicenna, 
you know it is because of giraffe?
Ultragramps, 
Giraffe-ix Image Format.
thatsux0rz, Those are some nice jraphics you have there.
WereCat, “Pacific ocean” has each “c” pronounced differently. This is just an English thing. Makes for great puns “I’m not sick, it’s just a little COFFIN” but when it comes down to acronyms you guys are lost.
InputZero, English is a mess. For example, I had ghoti for dinner last night, is a creative way to say fish.
Arfman, Thanks Jeoff
AsterixTheGoth, I use both interchangeably. With no pattern. Much like how programs will spell check “colour”. Lives are changed in equal quantities.
Tristaniopsis, There is a pattern. In the USA it is incorrectly spelled as ‘Color’. In countries where the English language has not been degraded in the same wilfully ignorant manner, it is spelled correctly as ‘colour’.
model_tar_gz, Hod approves of this hif.
ThatWeirdGuy1001, 
I’m just gonna start pronouncing it yif
JokeDeity, I hate this argument, that’s literally what the creators of the format called it. Names of things don’t always follow the rules of English.
Joe_0237, You are right except: there are no rules in english, and this isn’t an argument, its a joke.
hoya, That would be valid if it is a name and not an acronym.
stephen01king, Explain how it being an acronym affects the pronunciation?
Stoneykins, (edited ) Names of things don’t have to follow “the rules of english” to change and morph with who is using them.
Acting like there is any immutable qualities to any language or word is kinda silly.
Currently, with the common opinion split pretty well, the correct answer for how to say it is “‘gif’ or ‘jif’”. Call it whichever you want.
pythonoob, Oh boy let’s have this argument again! Because it’s so much fun every time!
Verito, It is funny every time and I’m tired of pretending it’s not.
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