josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.message-squaremessage-square115linkfedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down136
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square115linkfedilink
minus-squarenublug@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down15·2 years agoit’s jif. every argument for gif is wrong, and it sounds awkward af, like you got swiped by candlejack mid-wor
minus-squareZellith@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoPeople know what a GIF is. So I use GIF. It’s worked out fine so far.
minus-squareNougat@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·2 years agoJraphics Interchange Format.
minus-squarenublug@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agowe say jay-peg for jpeg, pee en gee for png, and ay tee em for atm. none of these are based on the pronunciation of the words they represent.
minus-squaremisophist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoMost of those are the way I commonly hear, except I’ve always heard PNG pronounced “ping”.
minus-squareNollij@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoThey are usually seen next to J-fegs
minus-squareTurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 years agoSo Scuba is pronounce Skuh-bah then, right? Since it’s Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.
it’s jif. every argument for gif is wrong, and it sounds awkward af, like you got swiped by candlejack mid-wor
People know what a GIF is. So I use GIF. It’s worked out fine so far.
Jraphics Interchange Format.
we say jay-peg for jpeg, pee en gee for png, and ay tee em for atm. none of these are based on the pronunciation of the words they represent.
Most of those are the way I commonly hear, except I’ve always heard PNG pronounced “ping”.
I call them pong files
They are usually seen next to J-fegs
So Scuba is pronounce Skuh-bah then, right? Since it’s Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.