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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•2 years agoGif stands for “Graphics Interchange Format”. If it were pronounced “jif”, it would be “Jraphics Interchange Format”. It is a Graphics Card, not a Jraphics Card!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•2 years agoDo you pronounce Sim, Vin, and pin like sime, vine, and pine? The I for all of them stand for identification, so you have to stress the i. What about ICE? The C stands for customs, you must pronounce it like “ike”. Or do you pronounce customs as sustoms?
minus-squareEl BartolinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years ago Or do you pronounce customs as sustoms? nope, but I will now.
minus-squareLoudWaterHombrelinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agohttps://gizmodo.com/the-creator-of-the-gif-says-its-pronounced-jif-he-is-509179289
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•2 years agoRight, like how scuba is pronounced “scuhbba” and but “scooba” because it is “self contained underwater breathing apparatus”
minus-squarePixlbabblelinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoThat’s the same reason why it’s hard for me to watch linux youtubers, guh-nome.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•edit-22 years agoThat’s why jpeg is pronounced with a p, because it stands for Joint Potographic Experts Group
Gif stands for “Graphics Interchange Format”. If it were pronounced “jif”, it would be “Jraphics Interchange Format”.
It is a Graphics Card, not a Jraphics Card!
Do you pronounce Sim, Vin, and pin like sime, vine, and pine? The I for all of them stand for identification, so you have to stress the i.
What about ICE? The C stands for customs, you must pronounce it like “ike”. Or do you pronounce customs as sustoms?
nope, but I will now.
https://gizmodo.com/the-creator-of-the-gif-says-its-pronounced-jif-he-is-509179289
Right, like how scuba is pronounced “scuhbba” and but “scooba” because it is “self contained underwater breathing apparatus”
But what about Jee Pee Yoo
That’s the same reason why it’s hard for me to watch linux youtubers, guh-nome.
That’s why jpeg is pronounced with a p, because it stands for Joint Potographic Experts Group