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What's the most petty/pointless/pedantic hill you're willing to die on? (programming.dev)

submitted 3 months ago by notnotmike@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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For me, it may be that the toilet paper roll needs to have the open end away from the wall. I don't want to reach under the roll to take a piece! That's ludicrous!

That or my recent addiction to correcting people when they use "less" when they should use "fewer"

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[-] MattTheProgrammer@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago

It's pronounced "gif," not "gif."

[-] Decoy321@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

That's it. Pistols at dawn.

[-] trusty@feddit.uk 5 points 3 months ago

Exactly, like the g in "gigantic giggle"

[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

it's pronounced the same in both examples, seems fine to me.

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Zheef

[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

there we go

[-] wondrous_strange@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

The G is silent

[-] mr_satan@monyet.cc 3 points 3 months ago

Apparently the creator of the format argued for jif. But then again the g stands for graphics.

Honestly this whole argument just shows to me that english is way too inconsistent with it's spelling vs pronunciation. Which is maddening coming from a language where letters correspond one to one to sounds you make.

[-] AEsheron@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

We should all just go skuh-bah diving with the sharks with lass-ear beams on their heads. Acronyms don't always inherent their original letters' pronunciation, as seen in skoo-buh and lay-zer.

[-] mr_satan@monyet.cc 1 points 3 months ago

I believe Tom Scott had a video on gif vs jif with good arguments for both. His argument boiled down to what association a person makes when first introduced to the word.
Examples included words like gift (where you say g) and gin (where you say j).

I don't think there is a correct answer, only an answer. Depending on criteria chosen I can make an argument for either pronunciation.

[-] BalooWasWahoo@links.hackliberty.org 2 points 3 months ago

And the creator of SCSI wanted to call them 'sexy' standards. The wants of the creator are easily disregarded, as seen by our pronunciation "scuzzy."

[-] ObsidianZed@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Funny, I say G.I.F.

[-] robocall@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

choosy moms choose gif

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