• iamak@infosec.pub
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    1 year ago

    Why do people have to pronounced it in any way? Why not say G-I-F? I've been saying it like that since before I knew about the huge debate💀

    • snowe@programming.dev
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      1 year ago

      Cuz the devs explicitly named it after the peanut butter and even gave it a catchphrase to make sure you pronounced it correctly. It was a marketing campaign. “Choosy developers choose gif”.

      • LEX@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        It's a real shame (for them) they don't dictate how the English language works

        • snowe@programming.dev
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          1 year ago

          The same way? There’s thousands of words in the English language with the same pronunciation and different spellings. This isn’t the dunk you think it is.

          Besides, gif existed first. If JIF wanted to use the name without confusion maybe they should have come out first (missed it by half a decade) or come up with a catchy phrase.