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The "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't. (leminal.space)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Jraphics Interchange Format.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

They are usually seen next to J-fegs

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] misophist 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Most of those are the way I commonly hear, except I've always heard PNG pronounced "ping".

[–] shizomou 1 points 11 months ago

I call them pong files

[–] TurnItOff_OnAgain 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

So Scuba is pronounce Skuh-bah then, right? Since it's Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.