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Woman of the moment and Academy Award nominee Lupita Nyong’o has stated on live television that the correct way to pronounce the acronym for ‘graphics interchange format’ is “GIF”.
Sunday 17 November, 2024
Sunday 17 November, 2024
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Academy Award nominee reignites GIF/JIF debate
WELL FOLKS, IT looks like we’re back here again.
Woman of the moment and Academy Award nominee Lupita Nyong’o has stated on live television that the correct way to pronounce the acronym for ‘graphics interchange format’ is “GIF”.
This brings the events of last March flooding back, when the inventor of the GIF Steve Wilhite announced:
The “GIF” purists were having none of it, sticking rigidly with their own ways, but now Nyong’o has told Jimmy Fallon:
She was, of course, referring to this amazing event:
Well, what do you think? GIF or JIF?
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