Hey Iām the one who said itās the only argument that holds any water, I just already have water. I lost this argument to my brother over a decade ago and have admitted I was wrong since then. Language is only valuable insofar as youāre able to make your point understood to the people youāre talking to. There is no correct way to say anything except the way that your audience understands. Iāll give you that the 1987 CompuServ file was pronounced with a soft g (seemingly due to lazy marketing), but the word has gone beyond that product. As others have mentioned, most āgifsā are not even in that format anymore and havenāt been for years and years. The majority of people using the word donāt really know what it means and certainly donāt know or care how it was coined. But if it makes you feel better, I promise the next time Iām buying a .gif in 1987, Iāll use the soft g.
Hey Iām the one who said itās the only argument that holds any water, I just already have water. I lost this argument to my brother over a decade ago and have admitted I was wrong since then. Language is only valuable insofar as youāre able to make your point understood to the people youāre talking to. There is no correct way to say anything except the way that your audience understands. Iāll give you that the 1987 CompuServ file was pronounced with a soft g (seemingly due to lazy marketing), but the word has gone beyond that product. As others have mentioned, most āgifsā are not even in that format anymore and havenāt been for years and years. The majority of people using the word donāt really know what it means and certainly donāt know or care how it was coined. But if it makes you feel better, I promise the next time Iām buying a .gif in 1987, Iāll use the soft g.