Jif Peanut Butter Weighs In on GIF Pronunciation Debate

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Seth Fiegerman
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Jif Peanut Butter Weighs In on GIF Pronunciation Debate

It was only a matter of time.

Jif, the popular peanut butter company, has finally weighed in on the debate about how to pronounce GIF:

It's pronounced Jif® #Jif #GIF bit.ly/10QjQim— Jif® Peanut Butter (@Jif) May 22, 2013

The tweet links to, what else, a GIF:

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Jif's tweet came less than a day after the creator of the Graphics Interchange Format (ie GIF) revealed that GIF is actually pronounced "Jif." This simple declaration set off countless tweets and much self-doubt among the GIF-faithful.

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