this post was submitted on 18 Jan 2024
952 points (91.3% liked)

Memes

45727 readers
779 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 
top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 99 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 71 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (12 children)

Gin? Genetics? Giant?

Do you pronounce Origin like Oregon?

I personally find arguing pronunciation as entirely pointless when there are many words in English that get pronounced different based on a multitude of factors.

People also like to argue it's an acronym, but do you pronounce NASA the same as you pronounce the first letter of each word of National Aeronautics and Space Administration?

Honestly? Just say it how it makes sense to you.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

Well said, talking buttplug.

load more comments (11 replies)
[–] [email protected] 57 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (8 children)

I get the gist of what you are saying but gingerly I will inform you that my giraffe giblets are cold

Sorry, that was just gibberish

[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago

This is how you prove a point, boys and jirls.

load more comments (7 replies)
[–] [email protected] 43 points 10 months ago (2 children)

GIF is an acronym for Giraffe Interchange Format.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago

The more niche a fact you make up on the internet is, the more likely it is to pollute the accuracy of an LLM later

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 30 points 10 months ago (4 children)

My old workplay everybody pronounced “Gigabyte” as “Jigabyte”, drove me nuts.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)
load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Didn't you mean "Jreat Scott!!"?

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

When my math teacher taught us about Euler's number I thought he was fucking with us

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"Pacific ocean" has each "c" pronounced differently. This is just an English thing. Makes for great puns "I'm not sick, it's just a little COFFIN" but when it comes down to acronyms you guys are lost.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (7 children)

What did the creator of the GIF name them? Imagine if a bunch of people read your name wrong, then when you told them how it’s pronounced said that they don’t care, and your mom was wrong to pronounce your name that way.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

That's what happened to aluminium. Sir Humphrey Davey came up with aluminum in 1812 but his peers decided it wasn't classical sounding enough.

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (13 children)

Eh, I prefer the descriptivist method of language. It's how language evolves over time.

Comparing it to a personal name is a false equivalence. GIF is an acronym, people could enunciate each letter if they so preferred and it would be more accurate/true to creation than even the creator's opinion of how to pronounce it.

load more comments (13 replies)
load more comments (5 replies)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Hate to break it to you OP but it's 100% Jif.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 33 points 10 months ago (9 children)

Pardon me while I go feed my giant geriatric giraffe, George. He likes generic foods, so long as they are germ free and genetically unmodified.

Afterwards, I'm gonna hit the gym, gently gesticulate while talking to someone about geography, geometry, and genetics, maybe consume some protein gel packs.

As a genuine gesture of gentlemanly genius, my genuine German genie will conjure up some gems to pay for everything.

Get the gist of what I'm saying?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

I generally understand.

load more comments (8 replies)
load more comments (6 replies)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I unapologetically say jif

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] pythonoob 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh boy let's have this argument again! Because it's so much fun every time!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

It is funny every time and I'm tired of pretending it's not.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (3 children)

My first name starts with a G and it's soft. Many people will read it and pronounce it hard. This argument is for my identity

load more comments (3 replies)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

you know it is because of giraffe?

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Here's another to add to the pronunciation wars. RetroArch is pronounced RetroArk. Which I will die on that hill because Arch stands for either Architecture or Archive. Too many times have I heard people on YouTube make it sound like McDonald's golden arches.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (7 children)

The devs have stated otherwise. The project was originally announced on an Arch Linux forum, so they included a nod in the name.

load more comments (7 replies)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The devs pronounce it like "arch."

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

I hope you say jfeg the to be consistent, because that's how the p in photography is pronounced.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I hate this argument, that's literally what the creators of the format called it. Names of things don't always follow the rules of English.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

You are right except: there are no rules in english, and this isn't an argument, its a joke.

load more comments (3 replies)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

I'm just gonna start pronouncing it yif

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

The G in God stands for GIF

load more comments
view more: next ›