Episode 1867
Pronunciation of GIF
Wed, 2022-Jun-15 00:24 UTC
Length - 2:17
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The pronunciation of GIF has been disputed since the 1990s. GIF, an acronym for the Graphics Interchange Format, is popularly pronounced in English as a one-syllable word. The most common pronunciations in English are (listen) (with a soft g as in gin) and (listen) (with a hard g as in gift), differing in the phoneme represented by the letter G. Many public figures and institutions have taken sides in the debate; Steve Wilhite, the creator of the image file format, gave a speech at the 2013 Webby Awards arguing that the soft g pronunciation is correct.
Although the frequency of each pronunciation varies by region, polls have generally shown that the hard g pronunciation is more prevalent. In addition, some speakers enunciate each letter in the acronym, producing (listen). English dictionaries generally accept both main alternatives as valid, and linguistic analyses show no clear advantage for either based on the pronunciation frequencies of similar English words. The pronunciation of the acronym can also vary in languages other than English.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:24 UTC on Wednesday, 15 June 2022.
For the full current version of the article, see Pronunciation of GIF on Wikipedia.
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