Comment on Google should have called it JIF, not WebP

• themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Self-Contained Uoonderwater Breathing Apparatus

  Light Aimplification by Ztimulated Uhmission of Radiation

  Acronyms do not work that way!

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• dosboy0xff@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sure, but for consistency you also have to pronounce JPEG as “jay-feg”.

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  • sploosh@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    G on it’s own can do hard or soft sounds. P needs the H to do the F.

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    • dosboy0xff@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      … which further strengthens the underlying point that acronyms don’t need to pronounced like the words they represent.

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  • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I actually do.

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