I thought it stood for “Girl In File” so of course it's pronounced …

The three letters “G,” “I” and “F.” Together, they represent an image format, but there is some controversy over how it's pronounced.

Tom Scott [1] presents the arguments for the two ways GIF (Graphics Interchange File) is pronounced, but I like Mike Rugnetta's take [2] which is a completely different pronounciation based on “ghoti” (the alternate spelling for “fish”).

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1AL2EMvVy0

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmqy-Sp0txY

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