• Kerrigor@kbin.social
    2·
    2 years ago
    • Geography
    • Geology
    • Giraffe
    • Generous

    Just a few examples that come to mind. Additionally, the pronunciation of the individual words included in an acronym DOES NOT determine the pronunciation of that acronym. See SCUBA as an example.

  • Declamatie@mander.xyz
    1·
    2 years ago

    This is actually an issue that should be solved at the English level. All words starting with a ‘g’ that are pronounced ‘j’ should be written with a ‘j’.

    Girl -> Girl
    Giraffe -> jiraffe
    GIF -> GIF

  • mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    Blame english instead of people probouncing the wrong way. English don’t give a fucking clue about pronounciation only using letters.

    So I can pronounce Blamei as Lemmy. [B silent, a - e sound, mm and m can be pronounced same, and ei can be read as y]

  • darkpanda@lemmy.ca
    0·
    2 years ago

    The creator of the format, Steve Wihite, says it’s pronounced as JIF, but personally I still say GIF out of habit.

    https://www.cnn.com/2013/05/22/tech/web/pronounce-gif/index.html

    I’ve had similar arguments with people over the pronunciation of Linux, with one person saying it’s “Lie-nicks” because it’s named after “Linus”, but Linus himself has said he pronounces his own name differently depending on the language he’s speaking at the time, but Linux is always pronounced “Lynn-icks.”

    https://youtu.be/5IfHm6R5le0?si=9bQHnIiB0UxBYS2o

    • blanketswithsmallpox@kbin.social
      0·
      2 years ago

      It’s like hearing people who work at Asus call it Asus instead of Asus.

      The only reason they’re saying it’s Asus is because they have to. They say Asus like everyone else at home.

      Also, after a certain amount of time, the word you made up is no longer yours. That be how language works yo.

      • PixxlMan@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 years ago

        At this point GIFs in their original form as .GIF files barely exist anymore. GIF basically just means “short clip”. Why would the author get any say at all at that point?