cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/70869345

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[–] 75 points 3 weeks ago (33 children)

Jraphics Interchange Format

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  • [–] 24 points 3 weeks ago (18 children)

    The pronunciation of an anagram's component words has no bearing on the anagram's pronunciation.

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  • [–] 35 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

    I think that question is best posed to the Joint Photographic Experts Group, better known as "jay-fegg".

    (For the record, I'm in camp "G as in Graphic", but it's still true that an acronym's source words don't dictate the pronunciation.)

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Right, in cases where an acronym is pronounced as word it generally follows the normal convention of the letters that form the word. Which would STILL result in the same pronunciation as "g" in graphics or gun.

    Of course accepted convention and tradition can also matter. If a word is generally pronounced a certain way then that is how its pronounced. Which of course STILL gives us the soft G.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago

    Right, in cases where an acronym is pronounced as word it generally follows the normal convention of the letters that form the word.

    Meanwhile, the GNU Project calls itself "guh-nu" and then chooses a gnu ("nu") as its mascot.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    They dont absolutely define it, but they certainly contribute. Assuming one or the other as sole definer seems silly.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

    NASA and LASER would like a word.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

    joint pottographics interchange group

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Technically the original JPEG container format is "JIF", throwing another wildcard into the mix.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG_File_Interchange_Format

    The base specifications for a JPEG container format are defined in Annex B of the JPEG standard, known as JPEG Interchange Format (JIF).

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  • [–] 27 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Once and for all, its pronounced "gif", let this end all the back and forth.

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    There exists .jif files and .gif files. That’s pretty much my entire argument on the subject. If you say β€œjif” I will assume you mean a .jif.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 weeks ago

    Oh! My client doesn't animate it if I tap for full image, so I didn't realize it was a jif.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Every day we stray further from Jod.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    My coworker used "jif" the other day, and man... Did I just like immediately lose respect for her.

    I didn't even know I cared, and I didn't say anything... But like, wtf? Lol

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  • [–] 8 points 3 weeks ago

    That guns got Sandevistan?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Jesse Faden would manage it just fine.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

    He loved nothing more than jivving jifts to his wife and family at Christmas.

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    [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago

    I don't animate with American brand peanutbutter.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago

    Oh no, what are you going to do? Send me to gaol?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (16 children)

    Who the hell says "Jif?" Jif is a god damned penut butter.

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    [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    How do you pronounce gibbet?

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