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minus-squareOptionallinkEnglish12•1 month agosigh *rubs forehead* There . . . is. NO. DEBATE. GRAPHICS Interchange Format. GIF. . . . so tired . . . so very tired . . .
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•edit-21 month 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]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-21 month agoJ-PEG And it’s Giraffe and Laser in german, so whatever.
minus-squareOptionallinkEnglish2•1 month agoThe inventor of the common pronunciation of GIF? That’d be like, 20 million people wouldn’t it?
minus-square@FrozengyrolinkEnglish5•1 month agoThe man who invented the format/word. He gave his input as well.
minus-square@ThatWeirdGuy1001linkEnglish1•1 month 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@FrozengyrolinkEnglish1•1 month 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@TikiporchlinkEnglish0•1 month 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.
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.
J-PEG
And it’s Giraffe and Laser in german, so whatever.
I’ve got a gift for that giraffe. It’s a jay-pedge.
It’s an initialism, not an acronym.
Ty for the winning statement!
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.