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submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[+] [email protected] -12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

It is infact Graphics Interchange format. Not Jirafics Interchange format.

I know the creator pronounces it Jif, but there are lots of people in the world who pronounce things wrong.

I offer up “niche”. It’s actually not nitch no matter how many people say it like that.

Lookit all the nerds I triggered. Popcorn time!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Just like JPEG is pronounced as a JFEG, cause it stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

Why do people continuously offer this argument like it's coherent...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

"There are lots of people in the world who pronounce things wrong"

"Its actually not nitch no matter how many people say it like that"

You're this close to getting it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Scuba is Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. Do you pronounce it the acronym with a short U or a long U?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Well played.