Looks like I’ll be switching to Skippy from now on.
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Bring forth the meme, Frodo.
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It’s like pronouncing ASPCA “əSPCA” because of the unstressed vowel at the beginning of American
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Hang on! Hang on! I’ll search out the truth using Joojle…
should only take a second or two
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I pronounce GIF with a “soft G” because I’m a choosy mother. And choosy mothers…
Jif peanut butter tastes better than Skippy, no matter their stance on the pronunciation of GIF. Let’s debate that.
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Nutty, yet smooth.
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Heathen! Skippy has a rich smooth texture, and a savory peanut taste. It’s not quite as good as freshly made peanut butter, but at least you don’t have to stir the oils back into it every time you make a sammich.
As I recall (it’s been years since I knowingly and voluntarily ate JIF), JIF has a gritty, granular texture with a cloyingly sweet taste. It was like peanut-scented day-old Play-Doh with a school-paste sweetness.
So it doesn’t matter if you call it JIF or GIF, I’m going to skip it.
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Or, if you will, Skippyt.
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others (myself included) say “jif” because it’s more mellifluous
“I pronounce it this way because I wanna” is not a valid argument. This is heresy and must be purged with fire. Also, Jif is dead to me now.
Well sure - “gif” should be pronounced like “gift,” then, obviously.
I would accept a pronunciation of “gnif” before “jif,” frankly.
Maybe we should just split the difference and all agree it’s the kind of “g” that’s pronounced like a “y.”
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You’re dead to me.
/s
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The people in this thread acting like they invented the prescriptive vs descriptive language debate are adorable.
I’ll keep pronouncing it the way I want. Which way that is is immaterial. Your justifications either way are meaningless.
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So how do you say Giraffe?
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… ‘yif’ is unfortunately taken. (and it’s also NSFW if you try googling it… 
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I prefer jif, and my old friend Travis aka suicide from the bbs days once explained to me that GIFs became popular due to their prolific usage in porn sharing, and thus it must be “jif” since that just sounds skeezier. I absolutely agree on this basis, the fact the inventor preferred it, and Mark’s official (and weighty!) recommendation.
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