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Originally posted by twistyneck
Nope, it's pronounced "jiff." I had a teacher that said "jiff" all the time and it drove me crazy because I say "gif" as in gift. Finally I couldn't take it anymore and looked it up. I found a quote from the dude that invented (or helped invent) that particular format and he said it was pronounced "jiff." I think it sounds gay that way though.
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Yeah, I gather that the compuserve people (or whoever started the format) galled it a Jiff. However, words do change, and a lot of common usage has gone on to push in the direction of "giff".