• DarkMessiah@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    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!

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      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?

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      2 years ago

      That’s why jpeg is pronounced with a p, because it stands for Joint Potographic Experts Group