OberonSwanson@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhen you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIFi.imgur.comimagemessage-square130fedilinkarrow-up1777arrow-down188
arrow-up1689arrow-down1imageWhen you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIFi.imgur.comOberonSwanson@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square130fedilink
minus-squareGrishAix@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down6·1 year agoSo its “Jraphics Interchange Format”?
minus-squareMoobythegoldensock@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·edit-21 year agoNo, acronyms are not pronounced based on the origin words of the letters that make them up. That is a fake rule made up by people just so they could justify pronouncing it wrong. See also: scuba radar sonar NASA NATO
minus-squarecollude@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoYea just like j-feg images.
So its “Jraphics Interchange Format”?
No, acronyms are not pronounced based on the origin words of the letters that make them up. That is a fake rule made up by people just so they could justify pronouncing it wrong.
See also:
Yea just like j-feg images.