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[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago

Guy that named it called it Aluminum

Let me guess: you pronounce GIF as Jif just because the creator is a peanut butter obsessed weirdo who couldn't pronounce "graphics"?

[-] PoopingCough@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

couldn't pronounce "graphics"

That's not how acronym pronunciation works though. We don't pronounce them based on the words they stand for, otherwise we would pronounce NASA, SCUBA, LASER, etc. differently. Both pronunciations have valid arguments so why can't we just accept both and stop being weird about it.

[-] dditty@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Because I arbitrarily decided it's gif 13 years ago and anyone who says it the other way is wrong ๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ˜ก

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