@[email protected] to [email protected] • 11 months agoWhen you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIFi.imgur.comimagemessage-square204arrow-up11.12Karrow-down1123
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minus-squareCyrus DraegurlinkfedilinkEnglish-1•11 months agoit’s not like gif stands for jraphics interchange format. neither does it stand for giraffe interchange format. nor does it stand for geranium interchnage format. but if you’re sharing gifs of giraffes or giraniums, i suppose that’s allowable.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•11 months agoThe p in jpeg stands for photographic, but you don’t pronounce it a “jay-feg”.
minus-squareHatchetHarolinkfedilink3•11 months agoBy that logic, “jpeg” is pronounced jay-feg, “scuba” scuh-ba, and “laser” lah-seer. Such a dumb argument that never holds up.
it’s not like gif stands for jraphics interchange format.
neither does it stand for giraffe interchange format.
nor does it stand for geranium interchnage format.
but if you’re sharing gifs of giraffes or giraniums, i suppose that’s allowable.
The p in jpeg stands for photographic, but you don’t pronounce it a “jay-feg”.
By that logic, “jpeg” is pronounced jay-feg, “scuba” scuh-ba, and “laser” lah-seer.
Such a dumb argument that never holds up.