• Riskable@programming.dev
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    21 days ago

    It’s an acronym, people! Say it right:

    “Gee” “Eye” “Eff”

    …or impress us all with your knowledge: Graphics Interchange Format.

    Make CompuServe proud.

    • nublug@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      21 days ago

      pronunciation of the words that make up an acronym have nothing to do with how you pronounce an acronym. see: atm is ay tee emm not aw tel mah nor is it atom. it’s just however it would make sense as a standalone word. some make a single sound and some require letter by letter and some combine.

      soft ‘g’ jif makes perfect sense and is what the creator said is the the way it’s pronounced. hard ‘g’ gif sounds like someone saying ‘gift’ got candlejacked, thank you for coming to my ted tal

      • kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        21 days ago

        NASA, not NAySA, SCUBA, not SCUBbA, LASER, not LASsER. Many such cases.

        ATM is not an acronym, though, just an initialism, so the letters are pronounced individually.