I mean it’s funny but of course you are objectively wrong.
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Cyanogenmon@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I seen a guraffe at the zoo!
hoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
protist@mander.xyz 2 years ago
But the g in gif stands for “graphical,” not “giraffe!” You silly goose
TommySalami@lemmy.world 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago
Saying it with a hard G because ‘graphical’ has a hard G is a reason based on something beyond hubris.
SuperIce@lemmy.world 2 years 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 2 years ago
Tell that to Qantas, the abomination of all acronyms. WHERE IS THE U??? AAAAAAAAA
hamFoilHat@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Just like jpeg is pronounced “jfeg”
kibiz0r@lemmy.world 2 years ago
The j in jpeg stands for “photographic”.
So… “jay-feg”?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 years ago
You lie guraffos are lies told by whores and god
Ktheone@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Don’t you mean a jay-raffe?
SwallowsDick@lemmy.world 2 years ago
This one is good
MxM111@kbin.social 2 years ago
And it had a gift.
danc4498@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Was it a gyro?
MxM111@kbin.social 2 years 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 2 years ago
Sorry, did you say it had a gif?