People know what a GIF is. So I use GIF. It's worked out fine so far.
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nublug@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months agoit’s jif. every argument for gif is wrong, and it sounds awkward af, like you got swiped by candlejack mid-wor
Zellith@kbin.social 6 months ago
Nougat@kbin.social 6 months ago
Jraphics Interchange Format.
Nollij@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
They are usually seen next to J-fegs
nublug@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
we say jay-peg for jpeg, pee en gee for png, and ay tee em for atm. none of these are based on the pronunciation of the words they represent.
misophist@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Most of those are the way I commonly hear, except I’ve always heard PNG pronounced “ping”.
shizomou@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I call them pong files
TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.world 6 months ago
So Scuba is pronounce Skuh-bah then, right?