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-square106fedilinkarrow-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-square106fedilink
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year 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-up2·1 year 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.
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoHiff, if you want to make up a Spanish pronunciation.
I’d like to introduce you to “GIF”
Pronounced “yiff”
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.
Hiff, if you want to make up a Spanish pronunciation.