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Oh no, how sad. The jraphics interchange format shaped internet culture as it exists today.

• xenomachina 5y ago
  It isn't uncommon for letters in an acronym to be pronounced differently from they are in the words they originated in. eg: laser, scuba, and NASA aren't pronounced "lah-seer", "scuh-bah", "nay-sah".
  • qwertox 5y ago
    It's not like GIF/JIF is pronounced "G I F". Like "Laser" isn't pronounced "L A S E R".
    • khazhoux 5y ago
      His point wasn't about acronyms. The A is laser is for amplification -- which is pronounced with short A. As the U in scuba is for underwater, yet scuba rhymes with tuna instead of tundra.
      • InitialLastName 5y ago
        The "S" in laser is for "stimulated" but nobody pronounces it to rhyme with "bracer".
  • bigDinosaur 5y ago
    I wouldn't be surprised if certain accents result in exactly the sounds you described. Good point regardless though.