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💀
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”.
It's a real shame (for them) they don't dictate how the English language works
How do you pronounce JIF, then? (That's the JPEG Interchange Format.)
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.
There is!
Edit: the general Star Wars meme community is more active: !starwarsmemes@lemmy.world
Edit edit: and there's also !prequelmemes@lemmy.world
It's yiff, like furry sex. But in all seriousness, if you don't pronounce it with a hard g, then you can f##k off on the short bus.
You had me until the short bus joke. Are you aware that's
vaguelysuper ableist?As someone with pretty profound learning disabilities, I'd like to point out that... It's actually very ableist. Maybe putting us in bus ghettos so you can sanitise your school system and isolate your darling children from the freaks is slightly worse though.
Question: person with autism, autistic person, or autist? Justify your answer.
I have AuDHD and don't really care. I know some do, but I'm no longer so scrupulous.
I prefer autist. People shouldn't need to be reminded that I'm human.
I grew up without ever having to say it out loud, and the first time I did I say "dot Gee Eye Eff".
I stand by this as the correct pronunciation. .exe, .pdf, .html, .PNG, etc you say as "dot" followed by the letters, why should .jpg and .gif be any different?
