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Perhaps@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• zaph@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So you pronounce graphics as jraphics?

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  • lanolinoil@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    that’s a single word. When we make acronyms, they’re subject to the pronunciation rules of the new word they’ve become, not the word the letter is sourced from – This is pretty obvious if you think about it for a minute.

    It’s NATO but we say atlantic It’s SCUBA but we say underwater

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    • zaph@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I was addressing “The letter G itself is pronounced with the “j” sound.” because letters can make more than one sound.

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      • lanolinoil@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        right but they’re position relative to other letters form syllables and does have (some) rules. GIF GI-F, like Gi-raf-fe

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• Deuces@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Weird, you could totally spell G as jee. I wonder how many letters you can accurately spell without using the letter itself

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  • Deuces@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is the best I can do. a,b,see,d,e,eph,jee,h,eye,ghey,caigh,l,m,n,o,p,cue,r,s,t,yew,v,double-you,ekes,whi,z

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  • Perhaps@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Geigh

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• HangoverTuesday@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Graphics Interchange Format. Not Jraphics Interchange Format.

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  • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Joint Photographic Experts Group. Not Joint Potographics Experts Group.

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