I mean it’s funny but of course you are objectively wrong.
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Cyanogenmon@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I seen a guraffe at the zoo!
hoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
protist@mander.xyz 11 months ago
But the g in gif stands for “graphical,” not “giraffe!” You silly goose
TommySalami@lemmy.world 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months ago
Saying it with a hard G because ‘graphical’ has a hard G is a reason based on something beyond hubris.
SuperIce@lemmy.world 11 months 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 11 months ago
Tell that to Qantas, the abomination of all acronyms. WHERE IS THE U??? AAAAAAAAA
hamFoilHat@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Just like jpeg is pronounced “jfeg”
kibiz0r@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The j in jpeg stands for “photographic”.
So… “jay-feg”?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You lie guraffos are lies told by whores and god
Ktheone@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Don’t you mean a jay-raffe?
SwallowsDick@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This one is good
MxM111@kbin.social 11 months ago
And it had a gift.
danc4498@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Was it a gyro?
MxM111@kbin.social 11 months 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 11 months ago
Sorry, did you say it had a gif?