Definitely worth a blog post. I have been saying this for years:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/04/jeopardy-gifs_n_4383490.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592

There are lots of words which begin with G and have a soft G (J) pronunciation: Gillette, gerund, gene, generous, Gibralter… I could go on and on. GIF is just another one. It just is.

So there.