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Originally posted by Faruhs
GIF. G is for Graphic. You don't say jraphic.
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Technically, you don't even pronounce most file types though. They're acronyms. You don't say "Ping" for .PNG or "Jay-peg" for .JPG or "Bump" for .BMP or "Mep-three" for .MP3 etc. etc. (or at least I hope none of y'all do).
Using the logic that the "G" stands for Graphic, therefore it
has to be "Gif(t)" isn't necessarily sound. There are many "C" acronyms pronounced with a "kuh" when the actual word the 'C' is representative of uses the "sss" variation of the C's pronunciation.
tbh I just think people should live and let live. Technically it's not a real word so pronounce it however the heck you want.