@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years agoWhen you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIFi.imgur.comimagemessage-square202fedilinkarrow-up11.13Karrow-down1123
arrow-up11.01Karrow-down1imageWhen you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIFi.imgur.com@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years agomessage-square202fedilink
minus-squareCyrus DraegurlinkfedilinkEnglish-1•2 years 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•2 years agoThe p in jpeg stands for photographic, but you don’t pronounce it a “jay-feg”.
minus-squareHatchetHarolinkfedilink3•2 years 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.