• I Cast Fist
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    2512 days ago

    Whoever the hell was responsible for deciding that Ge and Gi are a completely fucking different consonant sound from Ga Go Gu, my sincerest fuck you. You fucked up big time

    Note: I’m aware that this is a problem more closely related to latin languages, where the sound of je/ge and ji/gi is interchangeable (except for Spanish, who decided that J = throaty R), so I really wonder if, in ye olde times, the symbol was similar looking enough or what.

    • Sneezycat
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      G in Spanish is also throaty R before E and I… Unless succeeded by U (ga gue gui go gu, vs ge gi)

      Soooo we kinda fucked up too

      (if you’re wondering, what if you wanna say gue and pronounce the U? Then we use a “diéresis”, like cigüeña)

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    1412 days ago

    Wait . . . for reals?

    • @Frozengyro
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      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.

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        1211 days ago

        sigh

        *rubs forehead*

        There . . . is. NO. DEBATE. GRAPHICS Interchange Format. GIF.

        . . . so tired . . .

        so very tired . . .

        • @[email protected]
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          11 days ago

          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.

          • @PapaStevesy
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            311 days ago

            I’ve got a gift for that giraffe. It’s a jay-pedge.

          • @Mango
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            211 days ago

            It’s an initialism, not an acronym.

        • @Mango
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          311 days ago

          Ty for the winning statement!

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            211 days ago

            The inventor of the common pronunciation of GIF? That’d be like, 20 million people wouldn’t it?

            • @Frozengyro
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              511 days ago

              The man who invented the format/word. He gave his input as well.

              • @ThatWeirdGuy1001
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                111 days ago

                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.

                • @Frozengyro
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                  111 days ago

                  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.