The Oxford English Dictionary accepts both pronunciations. They are wrong. It is a soft ‘G,’ pronounced ‘jif.’ End of story.

Steve Wilhite, the creator of the GIF, chiming in on the pronunciation of the word. (As everyone knows, choosy memes choose “jif.”) Wilhite, a former CompuServe employee, created the format in 1987 and is to receive an award for his creation tonight.  (via shortformblog)

I say it with a hard ‘G’ because 20 years ago when I started messing with GIFs there was no one to tell me how to pronounce it correctly. I chose the most logical pronunciation and went with it. When you get used to saying something a certain way for 20 years… that’s pretty much how you are going to say it no matter how incorrect someone tells you it is.

It’s like someone trying to tell you “Sun” is actually pronounced wombatnards. It’s going to take an awful lot of effort to train your brain to say “I got a really bad wombatnardsburn today.  I should have used more wombatnardsblock.”

Hard G 4 life #YOLO

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I also pronounce it with a hard G.  First, for the same reason The Frogman did.  Secondly, because “jpeg” starts with a ‘j’, if “gif” has an obvious ‘g’ sound, they’re less likely to get mixed up.

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Source: shortformblog

Felicia's Melange: Star Trek Movie: SPOILERZZZZ

thisfeliciaday:

You are officially spoiled if you read below, NO COMPLAINTS!

Up front I will say I enjoyed this latest Star Trek movie a lot. It was super noisy, but enjoyable, beautifully executed, and I particularly like some of the secondary characters, Spock was excellent, etc etc. I just want to share an…

YES!  I loved the movie, but I was complaining about the admiral’s daughter when we left the theater.

elysemarshall: kylecassidy: Novelists Neil Gaiman & John Scalzi, play ukuleles with actor Kevin Murphy (aka Tom Servo & @rifftrax). Lola listens. @neilhimself @kwmurphy @scalzi Good times. Is that another white german shepherd on the stairs inside?  Oh man, it would be so cool if there wasn’t another white dog there and that’s the ghost of Cabal…
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elysemarshall:

kylecassidy:

Novelists Neil Gaiman & John Scalzi, play ukuleles with actor Kevin Murphy (aka Tom Servo & @rifftrax). Lola listens. @neilhimself @kwmurphy @scalzi

Good times.

Is that another white german shepherd on the stairs inside?  Oh man, it would be so cool if there wasn’t another white dog there and that’s the ghost of Cabal…

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thefrogman:

colchrishadfield:

With deference to the genius of David Bowie, here’s Space Oddity, recorded on Station. A last glimpse of the World.

Huge thanks in the making of the video to the talented trio of Emm Gryner, Joe Corcoran and Andrew Tidby, plus Evan Hadfield and all at the CSA.

Look, if you don’t want to see an astronaut, in space, floating around, with the voice of an angel, singing Space Oddity, you’re probably an orc or something. 

Source: colchrishadfield