Jif peanut butter has waded into one of the most fervent debates of our modern time: the right way to pronounce GIF. The battle has raged for some time now between those with strong feelings as to the hard — or soft — pronunciation of that big “G,” but nothing settles folks down like a classic snack food, right?
For what it’s worth, which is everything at this point, Steve Wilhite, who invented the GIF file back in 1987, told the New York Times that it’s definitely pronounced softly, as in “jif. Read More...
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June 26, 2016 1:55 PM EDT
Michael Phelps praised fellow Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky in a new interview published Sunday, comparing the 19-year-old competitor to a younger version of himself.
Phelps, who is 30 and a 22-time Olympic medalist, complimented Ledecky’s skill and focus and said the “strong swimmer” is ready to take on the U.S. Olympic trials in Omaha, USA Today Sports reports. “You can tell she is very goal oriented, and for me it brings me back to kind of what I was like way, way, way back in the day,” Phelps told the outlet. Read More...