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That's one way to look at it... another is that "gin" is a word, and "GIF" is an acronym. If you want to pronounce it, it's "jee eye eff." This, of course, is

That's one way to look at it... another is that "gin" is a word, and "GIF" is an acronym. If you want to pronounce it, it's "jee eye eff." This, of course, is from someone in the unapologetic hard-g camp. :)

bluthru 13y ago
Acronyms don't strictly take on the pronunciation of their constructive words. SCUBA, POTUS, NASA, etc. all deviate from the phonetics of the words used to construct the acronym.
- jlgreco 13y ago
  People pronounce POTUS?