OberonSwanson@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoWhen you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIFi.imgur.comimagemessage-square202fedilinkarrow-up11.13Karrow-down1121
arrow-up11.01Karrow-down1imageWhen you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIFi.imgur.comOberonSwanson@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square202fedilink
minus-squareButtholeSpiderslinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down15·11 months agoGraphics Interchange Format. Graphics. Not Jraphics.
minus-squareren (a they/them)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down4·11 months agoThat’s not how acronyms as words works. AIDS isn’t pronounced “Uh-ids” like the A in acquired.
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down4·edit-211 months 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-up7arrow-down5·edit-211 months 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?