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

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

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

Actually, I'm pretty sure you have them flipped

[–] ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You're both wrong, the G is silent.

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 4 points 1 year ago

"if"

I like it

[–] superfes@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Zorque@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

One is my name, the other is not.

[–] teft@startrek.website 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Graphics Interchange Format. Hard G.

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)

How do you pronounce JPEG?

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

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

[–] Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago

Always pronounce it "GIF."

Never "JIF."

Only Lore does that.

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

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

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 8 points 1 year ago

I'll never tell

[–] ursakhiin@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
[–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What the hell is a gigawatt?

[–] negativenull@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Pronounced "jijawatt":
gigawatts

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

Choosy websites choose gif.

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

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 6 points 1 year ago

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

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

Jiraffe: another terrible product from Atlassian

[–] IzzyData@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

It's Gif the Giraffe!

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

[–] Downcount@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

Whut

That's an actual crime

Do you pronounce origin like the state?

[–] Chefdano3@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year 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 1 year ago
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