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		The GIF Pronunciation Page (olsenhome.com)
		3 points by jwilk on Oct 8, 2023 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

bradknowles on Oct 9, 2023 [–]

I don't care what the creators said. I pronounce it with a hard "G".

Of course, GIF is a horrible file format and should be replaced in all cases I know of with either JPEG or PNG. Or maybe there are even better formats available now?

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