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napalminjello@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• norawibb@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Whoever invented all the words in that sentence certainly didn’t pronounce them like you do.

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  • napalminjello@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean, id pronounce them the way the creators said if they were here and specifically told me how to pronounce it 💁🏻

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    • norawibb@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      ok chaucer, lol. you’d sound weird to everyone else

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      • napalminjello@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        But I would be correct, and isn't that what's most important in the world?

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• MossyFeathers@pawb.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m 99% sure the creator was either being sarcastic, or he decided to be a contrarian for the internet clicks. “GIF” is an acronym that stands for “Graphics Interchange Format”. It makes very little sense to intentionally pronounce it like a peanut butter brand.

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  • HeckGazer@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Of all the arguments this one always feels like the absolute weakest. There are so many acronyms that are not pronounced like that it’s unreal. Unless you commit to pronouncing it jayfeg for the rest of your life…

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  • vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    actually, gif is an acronym. Specifically not an initialism. That means that it is pronounced as a single word (like “scuba”, but unlike “fbi” or “nsa”).

    The pronunciation of the acronym does not have to conform to the original pronunciation of the letters.

    Examples:

    the “p” in jpeg stands for the “ph” sound, but we pronounce it as a hard “p”.

    The “u” in scuba stands for “underwater”. We still pronounce it as “scOOba” not “scAAba”

    So why is “gif” any different? Its creator chose the soft G for the pronunciation of the acronym (not its expansion), and therefore it is the correct one, simply because there is no rule about how it should be pronounced, so the choice was his. He made it

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  • napalminjello@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Contrarian when he said "choosy developers choose gif" (implying the soft g) in 1987? I think that precedes the internet debate a little

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  • britishblaze@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah not everyone is from the US and had that brand. The soft g has always made sense as much hard g, especially if you say the words Gin or Gym besides it.

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  • CrypticFawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m also convinced he did that just to be an annoying contrarian back in 2013 when he announced how he pronounces it.

    Dude likely never actually cared.

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  • Reliant1087@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s SQL all over again.

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    • Rootiest@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The sequel if you will

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      • Reliant1087@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        🤣 I remember hearing that for the first time and thinking wtf are they talking about.

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• CrypticFawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  He waited til 2013 to come out and say that though, when he made it back in 1987. What he wants doesn’t matter.

  The most popular way to pronounce a word wins; Sorry if it hurts your little feelings.

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• Thulcander@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  he dead though

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• kaffiene@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So?

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• danwardvs@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The British are the creator of the English language but they pronounce nearly every word wrong.

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