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Why try to pronounce it at all... Just spell it out as G-I-F. I get that people want to be lazy but pronouncing acronyms/contractions has always been fraught w
by jabbany 5y ago
Why try to pronounce it at all... Just spell it out as G-I-F.
I get that people want to be lazy but pronouncing acronyms/contractions has always been fraught with disagreement. Same goes for things like SQL (which somehow gets pronounced as "sequel") while people leave PDF alone.
- renewiltord 5y agoAh, that’s mostly because the proposed pronunciation for PDF File is trademarked by Dateline NBC
- frosted-flakes 5y agoThe SQL one is different. It was originally "Structured English Query Language", or SEQUEL. When IBM released it into the public domain, it became SQL, but retained its pronunciation. That's not to say that spelling it out is incorrect—it's at least as correct as "sequel"—just that the "sequel" pronunciation is not arbitrary.
- thaumasiotes 5y ago> It was originally "Structured English Query Language", or SEQUEL. Sounds like you meant it was originally "Structured English QUEry Language"? Not the most inspiring way to form an acronym.
- frosted-flakes 5y agoWhy not? It's very common. Better than GNU.