@[email protected] to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 11 months agoThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.message-square121fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down136
arrow-up1130arrow-down1message-squareThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.@[email protected] to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square121fedilink
minus-squareEcho Dotlinkfedilink2•11 months agoGyif Also doesn’t help that apparently it’s named after a brand of peanut butter (why) that is only available in the states and nowhere else on earth.
minus-square@samus12345linkEnglish2•11 months ago it’s named after a brand of peanut butter Not exactly; the word is an acronym which the creator then chose to pronounce like the peanut butter.
minus-square@RememberTheApollo_link2•11 months agoHiff, if you want to make up a Spanish pronunciation.
I’d like to introduce you to “GIF”
Pronounced “yiff”
Gyif
Also doesn’t help that apparently it’s named after a brand of peanut butter (why) that is only available in the states and nowhere else on earth.
Not exactly; the word is an acronym which the creator then chose to pronounce like the peanut butter.
Hiff, if you want to make up a Spanish pronunciation.