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minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·11 days agoWait . . . for reals?
minus-squareFrozengyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·edit-210 days agoIt’s a joke from another meme. There was much debate about how to pronounce gif. Is it like the beginning of give or more like jiffy. This is a level 2 meme, you have to know a level 1 meme to understand this one.
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down4·10 days agosigh *rubs forehead* There . . . is. NO. DEBATE. GRAPHICS Interchange Format. GIF. . . . so tired . . . so very tired . . .
minus-squareSporkbomber@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-210 days agoAnd how would you pronounce jpeg? J-PEG? Or j-feg?Joint PHOTOGRAPHIC experts group. There… Is NO. DEBATE. …so tired… Also laser would like to speak with you. And oddly enough a giraffe.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-210 days agoJ-PEG And it’s Giraffe and Laser in german, so whatever.
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoI’ve got a gift for that giraffe. It’s a jay-pedge.
minus-squareMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoIt’s an initialism, not an acronym.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·10 days agolet’s check in with the inventor…
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoThe inventor of the common pronunciation of GIF? That’d be like, 20 million people wouldn’t it?
minus-squareFrozengyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·10 days agoThe man who invented the format/word. He gave his input as well.
minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·10 days agoJust because someone made it doesn’t mean they understand it. I could draw a picture of a purple dragon fucking a monkey but couldn’t tell you why.
minus-squareFrozengyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 days agoBut I feel they have more legitimacy and say than you or I. That being said, language is a fluid thing and influenced by the masses.
minus-squareTikiporch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoYou can’t argue with these folks. Reminds of when Andy and Erin write the song about Sabre but thought it was pounced SAB-REE so everything rhymed with that.
minus-squareHaveYouPaidYourDues@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoI offer a thrid option, silent g
minus-squareDahGangalang@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 days agoX to doubt, but also wouldnt be too surprised.
Wait . . . for reals?
It’s a joke from another meme. There was much debate about how to pronounce gif. Is it like the beginning of give or more like jiffy.
This is a level 2 meme, you have to know a level 1 meme to understand this one.
sigh
*rubs forehead*
There . . . is. NO. DEBATE. GRAPHICS Interchange Format. GIF.
. . . so tired . . .
so very tired . . .
Giraffics Interchange Format?
And how would you pronounce jpeg? J-PEG?
Or j-feg?Joint PHOTOGRAPHIC experts group. There… Is NO. DEBATE.
…so tired…
Also laser would like to speak with you. And oddly enough a giraffe.
J-PEG
And it’s Giraffe and Laser in german, so whatever.
I’ve got a gift for that giraffe. It’s a jay-pedge.
It’s an initialism, not an acronym.
Ty for the winning statement!
let’s check in with the inventor…
The inventor of the common pronunciation of GIF? That’d be like, 20 million people wouldn’t it?
The man who invented the format/word. He gave his input as well.
Just because someone made it doesn’t mean they understand it.
I could draw a picture of a purple dragon fucking a monkey but couldn’t tell you why.
But I feel they have more legitimacy and say than you or I. That being said, language is a fluid thing and influenced by the masses.
You can’t argue with these folks. Reminds of when Andy and Erin write the song about Sabre but thought it was pounced SAB-REE so everything rhymed with that.
I offer a thrid option, silent g
As gif!
X to doubt, but also wouldnt be too surprised.