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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Honestly have never understood the gif debate. Words sometimes have multiple pronunciations. They're both fine.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 114 points 11 months ago (2 children)

How dare you not pick a side. Your neutrality sickens me.

[–] honeybadger1417@lemmy.world 63 points 11 months ago (3 children)

What makes a man turn neutral? Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 8 points 11 months ago

Bunkers. And ski slopes...

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 7 points 11 months ago

All I know is my gut says "maybe".

[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

Compassion or exhaustion.

[–] Siethron@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 3 points 11 months ago

When I die, please give Kevin my regards.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

Pick a side, you monster, you.

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

it's an acronym (as opposed to initialisms, which are not pronounced as a single word). There is no rule on pronunciation.

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We don't do this for any other acronym. There is no rule about the pronunciation. It's arbitrary. The creator chose "jif", so that's the "canonical" one.