The Oxford English Dictionary accepts both pronunciations. They are wrong. It is a soft ‘G,’ pronounced ‘jif.’ End of story.
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Steve Wilhite, the creator of the GIF, chiming in on the pronunciation of the word. (As everyone knows, choosy memes choose “jif.”) Wilhite, a former CompuServe employee, created the format in 1987 and is to receive an award for his creation tonight. (via shortformblog)
The Justice Scalia approach to the GIF debate: The original intent of the creator means we must pronounce it with a soft ‘G.’
The living Constitution/liberal approach: Screw originalism — pronounce it with a hard ‘G’ like the White House tumblr says.
The normal person approach: The ‘G’ is pronounced “GO AWAY, YOU NERDS.”
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Here’s how Fox News reported on IRS official Lois Lerner pleading the Fifth at a Congressional hearing.
Ah, if only her name were Lois Teapartyhating Bigliar.
It’s official: the Weiner puns are coming.
Anthony Weiner announced he’s running for mayor of New York City in a campaign video that explained why the repentant crotch-tweeter had so much trouble with 21st century technology:
A middle-class kid in Brooklyn. I thought we had it all. Playing stickball late into the night. And if we were lucky, a Mets game on the weekends.
If YOU grew up in 1930s Brooklyn, you’d be confused about how Twitter works too.
Photo by Douglas Graham/CQ-Roll Call Group/Getty Images
When we have a queen who is a lesbian and she marries another lady and then decides she would like to have a child and someone donates sperm and she gives birth to a child, is that child heir to the throne?
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Former Conservative Party chairman/disgruntled old person Norman Tebbit, speaking in opposition to the British marriage equality bill.
Artificially inseminated lesbian queen. Band name. Called it.
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Have you been in a car accident? Have you or someone you love been diagnosed wi— wait, wrong commercial.
Ahem, did you apply for non-profit status as a conservative group and get harassed by the IRS? If yes, there’s a class action lawsuit for you!
The NorCal Tea Party Patriots just became the first tea party group to sue the IRS. Now a U.S. District Court in Cincinnati must decide if they can take the IRS for all they’re the taxpayers are worth.
Yahoo! has questions. We have answers.
Greetings, Yahoo! overlords. We noticed that a lot of people in your non-Tumblr userbase have submitted questions about politics to something called “Yahoo! Answers.”
We can help.
A: Under the Clean Water Act, the anus of responsibility lies with the pooplluters. Next.
A: Answer dot com is the first place President Obama looks for policy advice.
A: The president will re-establish the caliphate as soon as he gets a single deputy undersecretary of literally anything confirmed in the Senate. Baby steps, sir.
A: A lot of the internet, yeah.
“Yo, Prez, New MySpace is the HOTTEST site for obnoxious auto-tuned music. And have I told you about my Pets.com stock?”
Photo by Pete Souza
