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minus-squareDarkMessiah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down12·1 year agoGif stands for “Graphics Interchange Format”. If it were pronounced “jif”, it would be “Jraphics Interchange Format”. It is a Graphics Card, not a Jraphics Card!
minus-squareBalderdash@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down3·1 year agoDo you pronounce Sim, Vin, and pin like sime, vine, and pine? The I for all of them stand for identification, so you have to stress the i. What about ICE? The C stands for customs, you must pronounce it like “ike”. Or do you pronounce customs as sustoms?
minus-squareEl Barto@lzrprt.sbslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year ago Or do you pronounce customs as sustoms? nope, but I will now.
minus-squareNumber358@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-21 year agoThat’s why jpeg is pronounced with a p, because it stands for Joint Potographic Experts Group
minus-squarechicagohuman@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoRight, like how scuba is pronounced “scuhbba” and but “scooba” because it is “self contained underwater breathing apparatus”
minus-squareLoudWaterHombre@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·1 year agohttps://gizmodo.com/the-creator-of-the-gif-says-its-pronounced-jif-he-is-509179289
minus-squarePixlbabble@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThat’s the same reason why it’s hard for me to watch linux youtubers, guh-nome.
Gif stands for “Graphics Interchange Format”. If it were pronounced “jif”, it would be “Jraphics Interchange Format”.
It is a Graphics Card, not a Jraphics Card!
Do you pronounce Sim, Vin, and pin like sime, vine, and pine? The I for all of them stand for identification, so you have to stress the i.
What about ICE? The C stands for customs, you must pronounce it like “ike”. Or do you pronounce customs as sustoms?
nope, but I will now.
That’s why jpeg is pronounced with a p, because it stands for Joint Potographic Experts Group
Right, like how scuba is pronounced “scuhbba” and but “scooba” because it is “self contained underwater breathing apparatus”
But what about Jee Pee Yoo
https://gizmodo.com/the-creator-of-the-gif-says-its-pronounced-jif-he-is-509179289
That’s the same reason why it’s hard for me to watch linux youtubers, guh-nome.