That’s it, now you know. The guy who invented the format says that the acronym is pronounced “Jif” and NOT “Gif.”
I don’t know about you, but because of this, all my childhood dreams have just been shattered.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I think I’ll go sit down in a corner and cry.
Tumblr founder David Karp presents Steve Wilhite with the 17th Annual Webby Lifetime Achievement Award for inventing the GIF file format.