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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Names of things don't have to follow "the rules of english" to change and morph with who is using them.

Acting like there is any immutable qualities to any language or word is kinda silly.

Currently, with the common opinion split pretty well, the correct answer for how to say it is "'gif' or 'jif'". Call it whichever you want.