• Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Ever seen a geriatric geologist named George at the gym? How about a giant ginger giraffe drunk on gin. What about a genderless genealogist cutting generic gems?

    • Tavarin@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Sure, but JIF is a different file format, so pronouncing it as “jif” just creates overlap.

      Also every single one of those G’s should be replaced with the letter J; English needs spelling reform.

      • acockworkorange@mander.xyz
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        1 year ago

        Also also, GIF stands for Graphical Interchange Format, and that’s definitely a G sound.

        By the way, the format can’t die soon enough. PNG and video formats are more compact and better quality too. Time to bury this zombie.

    • NessD@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Combinations of letters before and after change the pronunciation of certain parts of a word. None of your words have “gif” pronounced a “jif”. If you have one, tell me. I’m seriously curious if there is a word. As of now the only reference I have is “gift” with a hard g.