• Cryptic Fawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    He didn’t tell anyone it was pronounced jif till a great many years later, after most people were pronouncing it gif.

    He lost the right to dictate how everyone else pronounces it for that reason alone. So fuck him. =)

    Edit: It was made in 1987 and he waited till 2013. Lmao, he lost that fight long ago.

    • Hyperi0n@lemmy.film
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      1 year ago

      Most people pronounced it correctly. Hard G was mocked on many tech sites and sites like 4chan.

      • Cryptic Fawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 year ago

        You mean “jif” was openly mocked, and still is for the most part. Anyone referring to it as Jif is typically viewed as pretentious.

        But you are correct about people pronouncing it correctly; as Gif. =)

    • Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      I understand that some people feel very strongly about pronunciations. So be angry about the correct pronunciation, heck, don’t use the correct pronunciation, who cares?

      But Wilhite made it, so he gets to name it, regardless of the popularity of later pronunciation debates that largely take place in a forum where you can’t actually pronounce the word because we’re all typing. It’s pretty funny.