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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-up1·1 year ago Or do you pronounce customs as sustoms? nope, but I will now.
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.
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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.