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Jif settles the great debate with a GIF peanut butter jar.
CNN Business ^ | Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Jordan Valinsky

Posted on 02/25/2020 1:06:25 PM PST by Carriage Hill

Jif is releasing a limited-edition jar of GIF peanut butter in a collaboration meant to be as smooth as the product itself.

The purpose is to "settle the great debate" over how to pronounce the looping image format that has overtaken in the internet, J.M. Smucker Company (SJM), the brand's manufacturer, said in a press release.

Although Jif is obviously pronounced with a "soft G," people often mispronounce the word "GIF," which is short for Graphics Interchange Format. It's said with a "soft G like the peanut butter and not a "hard G." That's according to creator Steve Wilhite, who made the declaration in 2013 while accepting a Webby Award.

Regardless of the official ruling, the internet has remained divided. Jif is partnering with GIPHY, a GIF search engine, to "put a lid on this decade-long debate": Both GIF and the peanut butter are pronounced "Jif."

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


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To: lee martell

Bruno Mars.
Who should be the halftime show at EVERY super bowl


21 posted on 02/25/2020 1:15:57 PM PST by nascarnation
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To: nascarnation

His was the best!


22 posted on 02/25/2020 1:17:36 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: AAABEST

Over since that’s the way the patent picture showed it.


23 posted on 02/25/2020 1:18:34 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: AAABEST

Ah...The Great Tissue Issue.


24 posted on 02/25/2020 1:18:36 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (There is not a climate bedwetter who is not a total hypocrite.)
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To: trisham

I’m not much into pop culture but that guy is a heckuva talent.


25 posted on 02/25/2020 1:19:21 PM PST by nascarnation
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To: AAABEST

Over.
Otherwise, people’s poopie hands touch the wall as they are getting some TP.
And so does the next customer.
Only democrat communist put the TP under.


26 posted on 02/25/2020 1:19:53 PM PST by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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To: carriage_hill

Nothing better than a peanut butter and Kentucky jelly sandwich!


27 posted on 02/25/2020 1:20:09 PM PST by adaven
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To: nascarnation

Agreed.


28 posted on 02/25/2020 1:20:09 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: bagster

Let us not forget that there IS a JIF file format, which stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group Interchange Format. “Joint”... not “Goint”. Wilhite was an obnoxious spud, apparently.


29 posted on 02/25/2020 1:20:17 PM PST by Retrofitted
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To: Mr_Moonlight
Likewise, if the creator is adamant that it's a soft G, then 'graphics' should be pronounced 'Jraphics' ...

Is this a Jraphic?


30 posted on 02/25/2020 1:20:25 PM PST by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: carriage_hill

Except for baking ..only democrat communist eat smooth peanut butter.


31 posted on 02/25/2020 1:21:38 PM PST by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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To: carriage_hill
That's according to creator Steve Wilhite, who made the declaration in 2013 while accepting a Webby Award.

But how did he pronounce Genghis Khan?

32 posted on 02/25/2020 1:22:05 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: AAABEST
Per the original patent artwork for perforated toilet paper, it's over, not under. :)


33 posted on 02/25/2020 1:23:08 PM PST by Ol' Dan Tucker (For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
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To: Responsibility2nd

They guy who invented the GIF file format, that’s who. I think he should have some say in the matter.


34 posted on 02/25/2020 1:23:13 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: carriage_hill; I want the USA back
Haven't nougat anything butter to post?

I cannut care less,

LOL

35 posted on 02/25/2020 1:23:25 PM PST by MinuteGal (MAGA !!! MAGA !!! MAGA !!!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

They guy who invented the GIF file format, that’s who. I think he should have some say in the matter.

______________________________________

Not if he thinks graphic is pronounced jraphic.

See comments above.


36 posted on 02/25/2020 1:24:57 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Click my screen name for an analysis on how HIllary wins next November.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

“If you do not know how to pronounce three letter words like GIF....
Your First Grade Teacher wants to speak to you.
Idiot.”

Thank you!

From now on ...

GET >> JET

GOT >> JOT

GIG >> JIG


37 posted on 02/25/2020 1:25:46 PM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: Leep

Smooth Peanut Butter is OK for sandwiches you make to take to a party or picnic. For someone else to eat.

And it’s OK to put smooth Peanut Butter on celery. No real need to have crunchy Peanut Butter and crispy celery.


38 posted on 02/25/2020 1:28:13 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Click my screen name for an analysis on how HIllary wins next November.)
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To: BlueLancer
Is this a Jraphic?

Yes, eating peanut butter in a Jraphic Park ....

39 posted on 02/25/2020 1:29:29 PM PST by Mr_Moonlight (Ich bin ein Irredeemable Deplorable)
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To: TexasGator

Next time you get cut off while driving on MLK Drive....

Call the moron a Nijjer?

(Maybe not)


40 posted on 02/25/2020 1:29:33 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Click my screen name for an analysis on how HIllary wins next November.)
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