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minus-squareDarkMessiah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoGif stands for “Graphics Interchange Format”. If it were pronounced “jif”, it would be “Jraphics Interchange Format”. It is a Graphics Card, not a Jraphics Card!
minus-squareBalderdash@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoDo you pronounce Sim, Vin, and pin like sime, vine, and pine? The I for all of them stand for identification, so you have to stress the i. What about ICE? The C stands for customs, you must pronounce it like “ike”. Or do you pronounce customs as sustoms?
minus-squareNumber358@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 years agoThat’s why jpeg is pronounced with a p, because it stands for Joint Potographic Experts Group
Gif stands for “Graphics Interchange Format”. If it were pronounced “jif”, it would be “Jraphics Interchange Format”.
It is a Graphics Card, not a Jraphics Card!
Do you pronounce Sim, Vin, and pin like sime, vine, and pine? The I for all of them stand for identification, so you have to stress the i.
What about ICE? The C stands for customs, you must pronounce it like “ike”. Or do you pronounce customs as sustoms?
That’s why jpeg is pronounced with a p, because it stands for Joint Potographic Experts Group
But what about Jee Pee Yoo