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minus-square@FrozengyrolinkEnglish19•edit-23 days agoIt’s a joke from another meme. There was much debate about how to pronounce gif. Is it like the beginning of give or more like jiffy. This is a level 2 meme, you have to know a level 1 meme to understand this one.
minus-squareOptionallinkEnglish9•3 days agosigh *rubs forehead* There . . . is. NO. DEBATE. GRAPHICS Interchange Format. GIF. . . . so tired . . . so very tired . . .
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-23 days agoAnd how would you pronounce jpeg? J-PEG? Or j-feg?Joint PHOTOGRAPHIC experts group. There… Is NO. DEBATE. …so tired… Also laser would like to speak with you. And oddly enough a giraffe.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-22 days agoJ-PEG And it’s Giraffe and Laser in german, so whatever.
minus-squareOptionallinkEnglish1•3 days agoThe inventor of the common pronunciation of GIF? That’d be like, 20 million people wouldn’t it?
minus-square@FrozengyrolinkEnglish6•3 days agoThe man who invented the format/word. He gave his input as well.
minus-square@ThatWeirdGuy1001linkEnglish0•3 days agoJust because someone made it doesn’t mean they understand it. I could draw a picture of a purple dragon fucking a monkey but couldn’t tell you why.
minus-square@FrozengyrolinkEnglish2•3 days agoBut I feel they have more legitimacy and say than you or I. That being said, language is a fluid thing and influenced by the masses.
minus-square@TikiporchlinkEnglish1•2 days agoYou can’t argue with these folks. Reminds of when Andy and Erin write the song about Sabre but thought it was pounced SAB-REE so everything rhymed with that.
It’s a joke from another meme. There was much debate about how to pronounce gif. Is it like the beginning of give or more like jiffy.
This is a level 2 meme, you have to know a level 1 meme to understand this one.
sigh
*rubs forehead*
There . . . is. NO. DEBATE. GRAPHICS Interchange Format. GIF.
. . . so tired . . .
so very tired . . .
Giraffics Interchange Format?
And how would you pronounce jpeg? J-PEG?
Or j-feg?Joint PHOTOGRAPHIC experts group. There… Is NO. DEBATE.
…so tired…
Also laser would like to speak with you. And oddly enough a giraffe.
I’ve got a gift for that giraffe. It’s a jay-pedge.
J-PEG
And it’s Giraffe and Laser in german, so whatever.
It’s an initialism, not an acronym.
I offer a thrid option, silent g
As gif!
let’s check in with the inventor…
The inventor of the common pronunciation of GIF? That’d be like, 20 million people wouldn’t it?
The man who invented the format/word. He gave his input as well.
Just because someone made it doesn’t mean they understand it.
I could draw a picture of a purple dragon fucking a monkey but couldn’t tell you why.
But I feel they have more legitimacy and say than you or I. That being said, language is a fluid thing and influenced by the masses.
You can’t argue with these folks. Reminds of when Andy and Erin write the song about Sabre but thought it was pounced SAB-REE so everything rhymed with that.
Ty for the winning statement!