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[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 months ago (40 children)

the inventor of gifs clearly stated it was pronounced "jif" like the peanut butter.

"jif" is therefore more accurate.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 17 points 2 months ago (7 children)
[–] Carrot 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This argument makes no sense to me because the rule that every letter of an acronym has to sound like it does in the start of it's word doesn't apply to other acronyms that people commonly use.

Laser - Light amplification by stimulated emition of radiation. Note that it is commonly pronounced lazer, but the word isn't pronounced ztimulated.

YOLO - You only live once. Note that "once" starts with a "w" sound, but YOLO ends in a ō sound.

SIM (as in SIM card) - subscriber identification module. Note that identification starts with the "eye" sound, but we don't pronounce it sīm.

I could go on, but I think I've made my point

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 5 points 2 months ago

Only the first letter should match, then the rest of it is pronounced like a word, in whatever pronunciation sounds coolest.

Also, all abbreviations should be pronounced like words, that's why we have those new Internet abbreviation words like "loll", "lemow", "roffle", "roff-lemow" "wutf" etc.

"I need to charge my phone, do you have an usba to usbsy cable?".

Now calling it a seyem card

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