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.
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protist@mander.xyz 1 year agoBut the g in gif stands for “graphical,” not “giraffe!” You silly goose
SuperIce@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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”?
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.