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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."
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To: I want the USA back
“I couldnt care less.”
Ain’t nobody be callin’ you Choosy Mutha.
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Peter Pan is pronounced with a hard “PEE”. Ba da dump! I’ll be here all week, don’t forget to top your bartenders.
To: Responsibility2nd
I remember GIF as "JIF", back in the 90s, during my Photoshop v3 days.
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02/25/2020 1:39:15 PM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: I want the USA back
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posted on
02/25/2020 1:39:44 PM PST
by
3boysdad
(The very elect.)
To: Yo-Yo
And then there’s PNG Preserves.
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posted on
02/25/2020 1:40:44 PM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Responsibility2nd
I will give you celery...anything else and you might as well vote for bernard sanders for President.
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02/25/2020 1:40:44 PM PST
by
Leep
(Everyday is Trump Day!)
To: lee martell
I’m having some right now. Mmmmmmmmm...
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02/25/2020 1:41:49 PM PST
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Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: nascarnation; trisham
He looks and sounds like a Mikey “Propofol” Jackson wannabe.
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02/25/2020 1:48:00 PM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Yo-Yo
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posted on
02/25/2020 1:48:24 PM PST
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
("Progressives" (elitist communists) "Love you to death".)
To: AAABEST
You say tomatoes; I say tomatos...
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02/25/2020 1:48:42 PM PST
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Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Mr_Moonlight
“Likewise, if the creator is adamant that it’s a soft G, then ‘graphics’ should be pronounced ‘Jraphics’ ... “
Who could forget the dinosaur classic ‘Jraphic Park’
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02/25/2020 1:52:04 PM PST
by
AloneInMass
("It's a great day in America everybody." - Craig Ferguson)
To: MinuteGal
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02/25/2020 1:54:59 PM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: lee martell
In some celery stalks, spread on French toast before the syrup, in some cookies with those cross-hatched fork tines on the top.... ETC
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02/25/2020 1:55:50 PM PST
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NEMDF
To: Blue Highway
yeah, cuz topless bartenders are not good, right?
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02/25/2020 1:56:50 PM PST
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NEMDF
To: Yo-Yo
Considering the content of many JPEGs, you can probably find JPEG Jelly next to the Trojans.
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02/25/2020 1:58:18 PM PST
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Rastus
To: Leep
AND cats and toddlers can unroll it much more easily if it is hung up “under”.
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02/25/2020 1:58:22 PM PST
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NEMDF
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
I only eat Crunchy Superman. I havent had peanut butter in decades.
(but really, I buy Peter Pan)
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02/25/2020 2:00:49 PM PST
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Rastus
To: AAABEST
It depends. If you have cats, definitely under. If you don’t it doesn’t matter.
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02/25/2020 2:07:30 PM PST
by
zeugma
(I sure wish I lived in a country where the rule of law actually applied to those in power.)
To: carriage_hill
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02/25/2020 2:11:24 PM PST
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beethovenfan
(Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
To: carriage_hill
I think this highlights the most obvious shortcoming of the English language: too many words have to be heard before we know how to pronounce them.
We might not worry about umlauts, acutes, graves, or accents (or any of those other decorations on the European languages), but there's also a price to pay for that.
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