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Have mercy on our souls (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Except he didn't invent the words used to name what he invented. If he had just named it gif and pronounced it jif and non of those letters stood for anything I would see your point, but he didn't. He named it graphic interchange format, shortened to gif. That said, who gives a shit pronounce it how you want. Language evolves anyways.

[–] hardaysknight 8 points 9 months ago

JPHEG

[–] samus12345 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Nobody pronounces it with a hard G because of what the G stands for. Acronyms don't work like that. They do it because a hard G is more common when starting words in English than a soft one.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sure, but that doesn't change anything in my mind. Descriptivism FTW!

[–] samus12345 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You better be consistent, then! Jfeg!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Huh? I don't follow.