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[–] smackjack@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

How do you pronounce gin? How do you pronounce giraffe?

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] macbayne82@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Or girl or gill?

[–] ledtasso@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Even though I pronounce it "jif" too, I am tired of seeing arguments that rely on how other words are pronounced. You are not helping the cause, as these arguments are too easily countered. There are much more convincing arguments to be made, such as how "jif" is more practical since it can't be confused with "gift," and how the creator was making a reference to the word "jiffy."

[–] Denvil@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That may be a perfectly reasonable argument, but also, YOU'RE WROOONG, GIF WILL NEVER BE JIF

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] SimplyATable@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Scuba = Self-Contained Oonderwater Breathing Apparatus

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Blame english blame english blame english blame english blame english

[–] mriormro@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I blame the people who put way too much stock in the stupid argument.

[–] Nopski@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

i dunno if a lot of people know this but there is a image extension file called JIF

https://fileinfo.com/extension/jif