OberonSwanson@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhen you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIFi.imgur.comimagemessage-square175fedilinkarrow-up1942arrow-down1110
arrow-up1832arrow-down1imageWhen you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIFi.imgur.comOberonSwanson@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square175fedilink
minus-squareButtholeSpiders@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down13·1 year agoGraphics Interchange Format. Graphics. Not Jraphics.
minus-squareren (a they/them)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down4·1 year agoThat’s not how acronyms as words works. AIDS isn’t pronounced “Uh-ids” like the A in acquired.
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·edit-21 year agoLetters are pronounced differently in acronyms than in the original words all the time. Take POTUS, for example; the O and U are not the sounds in “of” or “United”.
minus-squareLizardking27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down5·edit-21 year agoYou mean you guys haven’t been saying “puh-thyoos” all this time?
Graphics Interchange Format. Graphics. Not Jraphics.
That’s not how acronyms as words works. AIDS isn’t pronounced “Uh-ids” like the A in acquired.
Letters are pronounced differently in acronyms than in the original words all the time. Take POTUS, for example; the O and U are not the sounds in “of” or “United”.
You mean you guys haven’t been saying “puh-thyoos” all this time?