GIF vs. JIF: Does It Even Matter?

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Matt Petronzio
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GIF vs. JIF: Does It Even Matter?

At the Webby Awards this week, Steve Wilhite, father of the Graphics Interchange Format, used his five-word acceptance speech to end a popular debate: It's pronounced "JIF," not "GIF." Unsurprisingly, this outraged many Internet users.

In this comic, our friends Nitrozac and Snaggy at The Joy of Tech illustrate a different position -- that neither is wrong, exactly. Do you agree?

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