Age old question. Is it pronounced "Gif" or "Jif"?

Stands for Graphics Interchange Format. That should be hard enough evidence right there. Hard "G" in Graphics, it's not Jraphics! so GIF is the logical choice right? Not Jif, we're not making peanut butter here.

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Bushmanoz · 56-60, M

Wilhite
Wilhite receives a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Webby Awards and used his platform to make his declaration. “It's pronounced JIF, not GIF.” Just like the peanut butter. “The Oxford English Dictionary accepts both pronunciations,” Wilhite told The New York Times.26 Feb 2020