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[โ€“] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Honestly have never understood the gif debate. Words sometimes have multiple pronunciations. They're both fine.

[โ€“] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

it's an acronym (as opposed to initialisms, which are not pronounced as a single word). There is no rule on pronunciation.

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We don't do this for any other acronym. There is no rule about the pronunciation. It's arbitrary. The creator chose "jif", so that's the "canonical" one.