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> Why do people take this so personally? This is not really about an image format. Linguistic prescriptivism is the real issue.

• snogglethorpe 13y ago
  In this case, though, the two pronunciations are roughly half-and-half anyway, so a little nudge from authority might actually make a difference... [Of course in reality, the format will probably become irrelevant, and the word forgotten, before there's any consensus on the pronunication... ^^; ]
• waterlesscloud 13y ago
  Or people could just say "Oh, I was wrong" and adjust...
  • jlgreco 13y ago
    > wrong They are only "wrong" if you subscribe to prescriptivism... The issue, and the objections being raised by many, are not limited to this particular word. Did you read my post? it was not long.