I mean it’s funny but of course you are objectively wrong.
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Cyanogenmon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I seen a guraffe at the zoo!
hoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
protist@mander.xyz 1 year ago
But the g in gif stands for “graphical,” not “giraffe!” You silly goose
TommySalami@lemmy.world 1 year ago
yeah man, just like you go scuba diving oo-nderwater.
it’s a dead end. We can’t pretend that “g” can’t also be pronounced as “j”, or that the words making up the acronym matter. It’s all preference and since GIF’s dad called it “jif”, I’m gonna call it “jif”. At least that’s based on something beyond my own hubris.
Cyanogenmon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is my thinking - as far as I know he actually called it that as a reference to jif peanut butter.
Instigate@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Saying it with a hard G because ‘graphical’ has a hard G is a reason based on something beyond hubris.
SuperIce@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That’s easily the worst reasoning for the hard-g considering how we don’t pronounce the letters of most acronyms based on the phrases they come from.
norawibb@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Tell that to Qantas, the abomination of all acronyms. WHERE IS THE U??? AAAAAAAAA
hamFoilHat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Just like jpeg is pronounced “jfeg”
kibiz0r@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The j in jpeg stands for “photographic”.
So… “jay-feg”?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You lie guraffos are lies told by whores and god
Ktheone@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Don’t you mean a jay-raffe?
SwallowsDick@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This one is good
MxM111@kbin.social 1 year ago
And it had a gift.
danc4498@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Was it a gyro?
MxM111@kbin.social 1 year ago
If it were gyf or gir, then it could have been gyro or giraffe. But no, it was a gift of gif.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sorry, did you say it had a gif?