• I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish
    261·
    4 months 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@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      4·
      4 months ago

      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)

    • FrozengyroEnglish
      22·
      4 months ago

      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.

      • OptionalEnglish
        164·
        4 months ago

        sigh

        *rubs forehead*

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

        . . . so tired . . .

        so very tired . . .

        • Sporkbomber@lemm.eeEnglish
          6·
          4 months 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.

        • MangoEnglish
          3·
          4 months ago

          Ty for the winning statement!

          • OptionalEnglish
            2·
            4 months ago

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

            • FrozengyroEnglish
              61·
              4 months ago

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

              • ThatWeirdGuy1001English
                32·
                4 months 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.

                • FrozengyroEnglish
                  21·
                  4 months 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.