When I worked at Google it was cool because people would ask for my email and I’d be all, kevin@google.com and they would correct me, “you mean gmail?” and I was like no google and they would be all confused
Previous PostThe pronunciation of gif is debated because the original creators pronounced it "Jiff," after the peanut butter brand. I prefer the hard g, but if we're honest it has the weaker argument: plenty of acronyms are pronounced differently from the words they're made out of. Search YouTube for "The Pronunciation of GIF"; Hank Green made a good video where he explains it.