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Correct pronunciation of gif?


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Graphics Interchange Format. Not Jraphics.
Okay? But we're not saying Graphics Interchange Format. We're saying gif. There's no rule that says acronyms have to have every letter pronounced exactly the same. Otherwise words like SCUBA or SIM would sound very different.
 

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Again, it's pirates.

*leafy pirate pets.

Now see, what's gonna happen is next one I'm gonna say pirate pets to try and get it right and you're gonna post like ghost ballerina red pandas or something.
 
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Hmm. The british spelling (labour, etc.) is also dominant in many of the English colonies so I wonder about that.
The US was settled by the British earlier than most of the other colonies though, wasn't it? Australia wasn't until 1788. The language change could have occurred in between.

Or I'm misremembering or it was bullshit to begin with :shrug:
 

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The poll results are unacceptable to stupid people like me who dont like change. Its pronounced jif dammit!
 
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