OberonSwanson@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhen you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIFi.imgur.comimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1763arrow-down187
arrow-up1676arrow-down1imageWhen you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIFi.imgur.comOberonSwanson@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squaresulungskwa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·1 year agoI used to be adament about gif with a hard G until I had a coworker insist that sudo was pronounced soodoo rather than pseudo. like yeah, I know it stands for sUpEr uSeR dO but you can never get me to not say it the other way.
minus-squareNeil@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoI’ve been using Linux for like 18 years and I will never say soodoo. I will die on this hill.
minus-squareCyrus Draegur@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down7·1 year 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-squarew2tpmf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoThe p in jpeg stands for photographic, but you don’t pronounce it a “jay-feg”.
I used to be adament about gif with a hard G until I had a coworker insist that
sudowas pronouncedsoodoorather thanpseudo. like yeah, I know it stands for sUpEr uSeR dO but you can never get me to not say it the other way.I’ve been using Linux for like 18 years and I will never say soodoo. I will die on this hill.
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”.