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@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years ago

The "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.

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The "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.

@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years ago
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    I’d like to introduce you to “GIF”

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      Pronounced “yiff”

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        Gyif

        Also doesn’t help that apparently it’s named after a brand of peanut butter (why) that is only available in the states and nowhere else on earth.

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          it’s named after a brand of peanut butter

          Not exactly; the word is an acronym which the creator then chose to pronounce like the peanut butter.

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        Hiff, if you want to make up a Spanish pronunciation.

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