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[-] AccountMaker@slrpnk.net 15 points 2 years ago

"G stands for graphics, so it's gif with a hard g"

The only thing more meaningless than arguing about how to pronounce gif is using that as an argument, and yet it always gets repeated.

[-] Toast@lemmy.film 26 points 2 years ago

"P stands for photographic, so it's JPEG with an f sound" is the one that gets me

[-] MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

That raises the question, what sound does the "p" in "ph" make independently of the "h"

[-] moobythegoldensock@geddit.social 14 points 2 years ago

Not to mention it’s a made up rule that doesn’t apply to literally any other acronym (radar, sonar, NASA, NATO, scuba, etc.)

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