Hey I’m the one who said it’s the only argument that holds any water, I just already have water. I lost this argument to my brother over a decade ago and have admitted I was wrong since then. Language is only valuable insofar as you’re able to make your point understood to the people you’re talking to. There is no correct way to say anything except the way that your audience understands. I’ll give you that the 1987 CompuServ file was pronounced with a soft g (seemingly due to lazy marketing), but the word has gone beyond that product. As others have mentioned, most “gifs” are not even in that format anymore and haven’t been for years and years. The majority of people using the word don’t really know what it means and certainly don’t know or care how it was coined. But if it makes you feel better, I promise the next time I’m buying a .gif in 1987, I’ll use the soft g.
Hey I’m the one who said it’s the only argument that holds any water, I just already have water. I lost this argument to my brother over a decade ago and have admitted I was wrong since then. Language is only valuable insofar as you’re able to make your point understood to the people you’re talking to. There is no correct way to say anything except the way that your audience understands. I’ll give you that the 1987 CompuServ file was pronounced with a soft g (seemingly due to lazy marketing), but the word has gone beyond that product. As others have mentioned, most “gifs” are not even in that format anymore and haven’t been for years and years. The majority of people using the word don’t really know what it means and certainly don’t know or care how it was coined. But if it makes you feel better, I promise the next time I’m buying a .gif in 1987, I’ll use the soft g.