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minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down4·6 months agosigh *rubs forehead* There . . . is. NO. DEBATE. GRAPHICS Interchange Format. GIF. . . . so tired . . . so very tired . . .
minus-squareSporkbomber@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-26 months 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-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoI’ve got a gift for that giraffe. It’s a jay-pedge.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-26 months agoJ-PEG And it’s Giraffe and Laser in german, so whatever.
minus-squareMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoIt’s an initialism, not an acronym.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·6 months agolet’s check in with the inventor…
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoThe inventor of the common pronunciation of GIF? That’d be like, 20 million people wouldn’t it?
minus-squareFrozengyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·6 months agoThe man who invented the format/word. He gave his input as well.
minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·6 months 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-squareFrozengyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·6 months 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-squareTikiporch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months 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.
minus-squareHaveYouPaidYourDues@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoI offer a thrid option, silent g
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.
Ty for the winning statement!
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.
I offer a thrid option, silent g
As gif!