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[–] armus@startrek.website 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 18 points 2 years ago

It's not Data, the correct pronunciation is Data.

[–] digger@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The one on the left is pronounced GIF and the one on the right is pronounced GIF.

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Actually, I'm pretty sure you have them flipped

[–] ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You're both wrong, the G is silent.

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 4 points 2 years ago

"if"

I like it

[–] superfes@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

You sure it's not a 'Yi' sound?

[–] Zorque@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago

One is my name, the other is not.

[–] teft@startrek.website 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Graphics Interchange Format. Hard G.

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 years ago

I use a hard G but this is a bad argument. I'll just link to this great list of counterexamples:

https://lemmy.world/comment/2216080

[–] r2vq@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How do you pronounce JPEG?

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] r2vq@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group. So by the other user's logic, you shouldn't be using the hard /p/ sound.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago

Ah, Jafeg, like Jafar's less charismatic cousin.

[–] Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

Do you pronounce origin like the state?

Do you you also say "nay-say" when reading NASA, lol, that logic is flawed.

I'd like to remind everyone that the rules for words amd pronunciation were documented AFTER most words, which is why it's so inconsistent and arbitrary

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[–] Xariphon@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago

Always pronounce it "GIF."

Never "JIF."

Only Lore does that.

[–] negativenull@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Way to start another flame war Xusontha! Or is it Zusontha?

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 8 points 2 years ago

I'll never tell

[–] ursakhiin@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Data definitely says the hard g. His interests are in being more human. Not pedantically arguing about the way the creator says things in an attempt to upend the majority. The latter is definitely Lore's jam, though

Be more like Data.

[–] negativenull@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
[–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What the hell is a gigawatt?

[–] negativenull@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Pronounced "jijawatt":
gigawatts

[–] thal3s@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
[–] GreenMario@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Choosy websites choose gif.

(And if anyone gets that reference I'll be thrilled.)

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 6 points 2 years ago

It really hits every spot on the spectrum from minion to stripper dances lol

[–] IzzyData@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] negativenull@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

Jiraffe: another terrible product from Atlassian

[–] IzzyData@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

It's Gif the Giraffe!

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It all depends if you pronounce it
Graphics interchange format
Or
Jraphics interchange format

Lore: It's pronounced GIF... because of the implication.

[–] macabrett@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

I pronounce it like gin but I don't really care how someone else pronounces it.

[–] Downcount@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't care as long as you don't say Jetpack to JPG like my old collegue used to say.

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 5 points 2 years ago

Whut

That's an actual crime

Do you pronounce origin like the state?

[–] Chefdano3@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

They're both GIF, and they're both pronounced correctly, because there is only one way to pronounce it, and there is no other way.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago
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