Jiff or Skippy?

We got in a discussion in the office today (we being a group of geeky engineers on a Friday afternoon in a meeting but with absolutely no interest in doing anything worthwhile) regarding the proper pronunciation of "gif" (as in the extension for graphics files).

One of the girls in the meeting kept pronouncing it with a soft "g", as in "jif". Another guy in the same meeting sent me a text message saying, "I say we move to Skippy and leave the Jiff behind." He obviously agreed with me that it should be pronounced with a hard "g" as in "gift."

I told him later that I've heard the "jif" pronunciation before, but only from stupid people. Intelligent people know it's pronounced like "gift." Just like "gigahertz" - people who say "jigahertz" are just plain dumb and obviously don't know what they're talking about.

Then the inevitable happens. The original co-worker who started the whole discussion finds this web site that supposedly settles the issue and proclaims her pronunciation to be correct.

I guess I was the stupid one. I don't care though. Anyone who says "jigahertz" is still dumb.

Comments

[Scott-O-Rama]

Mmmm... Skippy. Much better than Jif. I don't care what choosey mothers choose, I'm sticking with Skippy.

[Beth]

Perhaps Peter Pan thrown into the mix too. Creamy or crunchy?

[JayDeeKay]

I don't care if it is Jif or Skippy, as long as you use good grape jelly with it.