@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agoThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.message-square121fedilinkarrow-up1163
arrow-up1163message-squareThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square121fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•2 years agowe say jay-peg for jpeg, pee en gee for png, and ay tee em for atm. none of these are based on the pronunciation of the words they represent.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 years agoMost of those are the way I commonly hear, except I’ve always heard PNG pronounced “ping”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-22 years agoSo Scuba is pronounce Skuh-bah then, right? Since it’s Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.
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we say jay-peg for jpeg, pee en gee for png, and ay tee em for atm. none of these are based on the pronunciation of the words they represent.
Most of those are the way I commonly hear, except I’ve always heard PNG pronounced “ping”.
I call them pong files
They are usually seen next to J-fegs
So Scuba is pronounce Skuh-bah then, right? Since it’s Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.