OberonSwanson@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoWhen you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIFi.imgur.comimagemessage-square202fedilinkarrow-up11.13Karrow-down1123
arrow-up11.01Karrow-down1imageWhen you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIFi.imgur.comOberonSwanson@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square202fedilink
minus-squareGrishAix@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down10·11 months agoSo its “Jraphics Interchange Format”?
minus-squareMoobythegoldensock@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down4·edit-211 months agoNo, Carl. Acronyms are not pronounced based on the origin words of the letters that make them up. That is a fake rule made up by people just so they could justify pronouncing “gif” wrong. See also: scuba radar sonar NASA NATO
minus-squarecollude@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·11 months agoYea just like j-feg images.
So its “Jraphics Interchange Format”?
No, Carl. Acronyms are not pronounced based on the origin words of the letters that make them up. That is a fake rule made up by people just so they could justify pronouncing “gif” wrong.
See also:
Yea just like j-feg images.