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06-13-2014, 09:03 PM
Obama Takes an Official Stance on GIF vs. JIF
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President Barack Obama (http://mashable.com/category/barack-obama/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) has reopened a battle almost as old as the Internet — the pronunciation of GIF.
The White House hosted its first-ever (http://mashable.com/2014/06/10/obama-tumblr-chat-moments/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) Tumblr Q&A between Obama and Tumblr (http://mashable.com/category/tumblr/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) founder and CEO David Karp on Tuesday. The president discussed student debt and also addressed issues like gun violence (http://mashable.com/2014/06/10/president-obamas-gun-violence/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss).
See also: 15 Worst High Fives in Bro History (http://mashable.com/2014/06/11/high-five-lef-hanging-gifs/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
In a behind-the-scenes video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YyZkLyxMds&t=4m3s) from the event posted to the White House's YouTube page on Thursday, Obama gave his two cents to the oft-debated GIF pronunciation. The leader of the free world pro**unces it with a hard G (GIF, **t JIF).
Steve Wilhite, who created the format in 1987, disagrees (http://mashable.com/2013/05/21/jif-**t-gifs-pronunciation-steve-wilhite/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss). The pronunciation has always been hotly contested, but when Wilhite's five-word acceptance speech for his lifetime achievement award at the Webby Awards in May 2013 was "It's pro**unced JIF, **t GIF," a firestorm broke out. Even Jeopardy has weighed in (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehAaUCHZgA4#t=45) on the topic. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/13/tumblr-obama-gif-debate/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Tumblr (http://mashable.com/category/tumblr/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Barack Obama (http://mashable.com/category/barack-obama/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Obama (http://mashable.com/category/obama/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), David Karp (http://mashable.com/category/david-karp/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Gif (http://mashable.com/category/gif/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/HW_8VIQqyEA
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President Barack Obama (http://mashable.com/category/barack-obama/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) has reopened a battle almost as old as the Internet — the pronunciation of GIF.
The White House hosted its first-ever (http://mashable.com/2014/06/10/obama-tumblr-chat-moments/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) Tumblr Q&A between Obama and Tumblr (http://mashable.com/category/tumblr/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) founder and CEO David Karp on Tuesday. The president discussed student debt and also addressed issues like gun violence (http://mashable.com/2014/06/10/president-obamas-gun-violence/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss).
See also: 15 Worst High Fives in Bro History (http://mashable.com/2014/06/11/high-five-lef-hanging-gifs/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
In a behind-the-scenes video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YyZkLyxMds&t=4m3s) from the event posted to the White House's YouTube page on Thursday, Obama gave his two cents to the oft-debated GIF pronunciation. The leader of the free world pro**unces it with a hard G (GIF, **t JIF).
Steve Wilhite, who created the format in 1987, disagrees (http://mashable.com/2013/05/21/jif-**t-gifs-pronunciation-steve-wilhite/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss). The pronunciation has always been hotly contested, but when Wilhite's five-word acceptance speech for his lifetime achievement award at the Webby Awards in May 2013 was "It's pro**unced JIF, **t GIF," a firestorm broke out. Even Jeopardy has weighed in (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehAaUCHZgA4#t=45) on the topic. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/13/tumblr-obama-gif-debate/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Tumblr (http://mashable.com/category/tumblr/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Barack Obama (http://mashable.com/category/barack-obama/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Obama (http://mashable.com/category/obama/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), David Karp (http://mashable.com/category/david-karp/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Gif (http://mashable.com/category/gif/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/HW_8VIQqyEA