Pronounciation Poll

[AndrewB]

Giff for me, personally.

[Sharessa]

My HTML teacher pronounced it 'jiff' and I thought it was strange.

[Job]

I was always hearing it as "jiff", so I do the same.

[Lüt]

"giff" ... since it starts with a g and all.

[zark]

knife? wtf?

Giff for me.

[Disorder]

Giff, but with Dutch pronounciation.

[IMJack]

"Giff". I could name a dog that...

I think I've heard one person say "jiff." Anyway, the phrase the acronym comes from is a hard 'g'.

[Little Faith]

Another question that has been bugging me for some time:

How is Lüt pronounced?

Like "lute"?

Like "lit"?

Or like "lot"?

[RjY]

This is from libpng.org, so you could argue against its being definitive, but nevertheless:

No detail was too small for consideration in the authors' quest for a near-perfect image format; yea, verily, even the acronym and pronunciation were major topics of discussion. The reason, of course, is the GIF format; some pronounce it with a soft G like giraffe, some with a hard G like gift, and no one really knows what they're talking about. (For the record, the soft G is correct; it is how the author of the format pronounces it.)

[darknation]

gif and lo_0t

[Darkstalker]

Giff with French pronounciation

[Russell_P]

Gif, with a klingon accent and lots of spit!

[Fredrik]

Gif, with a klingon accent and lots of spit!

Hahahah

[Fletcher`]

Jiff and I don't care if it's wrong.

Little Faith said:

Another question that has been bugging me for some time:

How is Lüt pronounced?

Like "lute"?

Like "lit"?

Or like "lot"?

Lüt loots looted loot.

[Job]

Little Faith said:

Another question that has been bugging me for some time:

How is Lüt pronounced?

Like "lute"?

Like "lit"?

Or like "lot"?

It's pronounced like "loot", right?

[Lizardcommando]

I say it giff. I hear some people call it jiff, but I also find that to sound weird.

[Naked Snake]

So I'm the only one that says "knife"?

[Rotting Corpse]

I say giff or that movieng pic type thig.

[Lord FlatHead]

Giff.
Jay-peg.
Pee-en-gee.
Tee-gee-a.

[Sharessa]

Job said:

It's pronounced like "loot", right?

Technicaly, its supposed to be 'lewt', but everyone says 'loot', including him I believe.

[Rotting Corpse]

I never realy understod that two dot thing.

[Sharessa]

It's German. Called an umlaut. It makes it so they can have 10 different vowel sounds without getting confused.

[Epyo]

I mean come on, what word starts with a G and makes a J sound?

[AndrewB]

Epyo said:

I mean come on, what word starts with a G and makes a J sound?

WT_?

[Bloodshedder]

PNG is actually supposed to be pronounced "ping". As for words starting with a soft G, there are plenty. Gelatin, gem, gene, ginger, giraffe, gyroscope, for example.

[Ubik]

I certainly don't SEE any "J" in the term "GIF."

PHOENETICS UBER ALLES!

[Ichor]

I call it gif (ground, give, etc.) mainly because .jif (similar to .jpg files I think) files also exist.

[Captain Red]

"Giff". I never knew there was any other way to pronounce it.

as for the png, I pronounced it "Pang", jpg was always "jay-peg".

[Sharessa]

I AM A MORON I AM A MORON I AM A MORON I AM A MORON I AM A MORON I AM A MORON I AM A MORON I AM A MORON dot ping!

[Epyo]

Bloodshedder said:

PNG is actually supposed to be pronounced "ping". As for words starting with a soft G, there are plenty. Gelatin, gem, gene, ginger, giraffe, gyroscope, for example.

Damn.