The "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world – 130 points – 10 months ago121Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentI'd like to introduce you to "GIF"Pronounced "yiff"Gyif Also doesn't help that apparently it's named after a brand of peanut butter (why) that is only available in the states and nowhere else on earth. it’s named after a brand of peanut butter Not exactly; the word is an acronym which the creator then chose to pronounce like the peanut butter.Hiff, if you want to make up a Spanish pronunciation.
I'd like to introduce you to "GIF"Pronounced "yiff"Gyif Also doesn't help that apparently it's named after a brand of peanut butter (why) that is only available in the states and nowhere else on earth. it’s named after a brand of peanut butter Not exactly; the word is an acronym which the creator then chose to pronounce like the peanut butter.Hiff, if you want to make up a Spanish pronunciation.
Pronounced "yiff"Gyif Also doesn't help that apparently it's named after a brand of peanut butter (why) that is only available in the states and nowhere else on earth. it’s named after a brand of peanut butter Not exactly; the word is an acronym which the creator then chose to pronounce like the peanut butter.Hiff, if you want to make up a Spanish pronunciation.
Gyif Also doesn't help that apparently it's named after a brand of peanut butter (why) that is only available in the states and nowhere else on earth. it’s named after a brand of peanut butter Not exactly; the word is an acronym which the creator then chose to pronounce like the peanut butter.
it’s named after a brand of peanut butter Not exactly; the word is an acronym which the creator then chose to pronounce like the peanut butter.
I'd like to introduce you to "GIF"
Pronounced "yiff"
Gyif
Also doesn't help that apparently it's named after a brand of peanut butter (why) that is only available in the states and nowhere else on earth.
Not exactly; the word is an acronym which the creator then chose to pronounce like the peanut butter.
Hiff, if you want to make up a Spanish pronunciation.