josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.message-squaremessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down136
arrow-up1130arrow-down1message-squareThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square121fedilink
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoHiff, if you want to make up a Spanish pronunciation.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoGyif Also doesn’t help that apparently it’s named after a brand of peanut butter (why) that is only available in the states and nowhere else on earth.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months ago it’s named after a brand of peanut butter Not exactly; the word is an acronym which the creator then chose to pronounce like the peanut butter.
I’d like to introduce you to “GIF”
Pronounced “yiff”
Hiff, if you want to make up a Spanish pronunciation.
Gyif
Also doesn’t help that apparently it’s named after a brand of peanut butter (why) that is only available in the states and nowhere else on earth.
Not exactly; the word is an acronym which the creator then chose to pronounce like the peanut butter.