josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.message-squaremessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down136
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square120fedilink
minus-squarenublug@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down16·1 year agoit’s jif. every argument for gif is wrong, and it sounds awkward af, like you got swiped by candlejack mid-wor
minus-squareNougat@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoJraphics Interchange Format.
minus-squareNollij@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoThey are usually seen next to J-fegs
minus-squarenublug@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agowe say jay-peg for jpeg, pee en gee for png, and ay tee em for atm. none of these are based on the pronunciation of the words they represent.
minus-squaremisophist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoMost of those are the way I commonly hear, except I’ve always heard PNG pronounced “ping”.
minus-squareTurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 year agoSo Scuba is pronounce Skuh-bah then, right? Since it’s Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.
minus-squareZellith@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoPeople know what a GIF is. So I use GIF. It’s worked out fine so far.
it’s jif. every argument for gif is wrong, and it sounds awkward af, like you got swiped by candlejack mid-wor
Jraphics Interchange Format.
They are usually seen next to J-fegs
we say jay-peg for jpeg, pee en gee for png, and ay tee em for atm. none of these are based on the pronunciation of the words they represent.
Most of those are the way I commonly hear, except I’ve always heard PNG pronounced “ping”.
I call them pong files
So Scuba is pronounce Skuh-bah then, right? Since it’s Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.
People know what a GIF is. So I use GIF. It’s worked out fine so far.