{"id":34254,"date":"2013-05-23T00:04:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T06:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/23\/hard-g-soft-g-what-begins-with-g.html"},"modified":"2013-05-29T09:39:59","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T15:39:59","slug":"hard-g-soft-g-what-begins-with-g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/23\/hard-g-soft-g-what-begins-with-g.html","title":{"rendered":"Hard G, Soft G, What Begins With G?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Okay, even though there's every rational reason to go for a hard G for "GIF", I pronounce it with a soft G. \u00a0Sue me.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Andrew Eva<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

I don't care, I'm still going to use the hard G.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cGIF\u201d Inventor Steve Wilhite: It\u2019s Pronounced \u201cJIF\u201d Not \u201cGIF\u201d<\/a>
\n The GIF’s inventor clears up the word’s actual pronunciation.\n <\/p>\n

View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Okay, even though there's every rational reason to go for a hard G for "GIF", I pronounce it with a soft G. \u00a0Sue me. Reshared post from +Andrew Eva I don't care, I'm still going to use the hard G. \u201cGIF\u201d Inventor Steve Wilhite: It\u2019s Pronounced \u201cJIF\u201d Not \u201cGIF\u201d The GIF’s inventor clears up the … Continue reading “Hard G, Soft G, What Begins With G?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-blogging-technical"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30683,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/18\/behold-the-size-of-the-gigabyte.html","url_meta":{"origin":34254,"position":0},"title":"Behold the size of … THE GIGABYTE!","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 18-Oct-12 9:15am","format":false,"excerpt":"It's even better if you pronounce it with a soft \"G\" like Doc Brown.(h\/t +Chris Ruhs)Reshared post from +Yes I Know ThatA 1GB hard drive from 1981, weighing in at 34kg (75lbs) and a price tag of $81,000\u25c4 More \u25ba \u00a0http:\/\/yesiknowthat.com\/ Google+: View post on Google+","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12324,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/05\/30\/big_g_little_g_what_begin.html","url_meta":{"origin":34254,"position":1},"title":"Big G, little g, what begins with G?","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 30-May-08 6:55am","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Google\" -- which has changed its favicon (the little logo that appears next to its web address, bookmark, tab, etc. in your browser) from a big blue \"G\" on a...","rel":"","context":"In "Hi-Tech"","block_context":{"text":"Hi-Tech","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/hi-tech"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":23755,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/15\/whinge-benefits.html","url_meta":{"origin":34254,"position":2},"title":"Whinge Benefits","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 15-Nov-11 11:25am","format":false,"excerpt":"I certainly don't propose Americans start using the term more, as it's a delightfully British word and I enjoy hearing it used by them. #ddtb Embedded Link \u201cWhinge\u201d Complain, kvetch, whine, moan. 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