Comment on The "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.

• Nollij@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They are usually seen next to J-fegs

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• 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.

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  • misophist@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Most of those are the way I commonly hear, except I’ve always heard PNG pronounced “ping”.

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    • shizomou@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I call them pong files

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• TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So Scuba is pronounce Skuh-bah then, right?

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