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MobileTechGuy@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

Jiv me a break

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Jiv me a break

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MobileTechGuy@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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  • Nyla Smokeyface@beehaw.org
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    I was devastated to learn the creators intended it to be pronounced “jif” like the peanut butter brand

    • Surface_Detail@lemmy.ml
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      Yeah, because it’s a jraphical interface format.

      • kittenspronkles@lemmy.ml
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        So do you say j-feg? Because the p stands for photographic

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        One of the common nonsensical arguments heard. What’s the next one?

      • KIM_JONG_JUICEBOX@lemmy.ml
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        Giraffical

    • SeedyOne@lemmy.ca
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      One of the few times I don’t care what the creator says, he was wrong.

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        And yet your mind knows it’s not possible for him to be wrong since he named it.

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      Me too. I feel like no one pronounced it jif before they said that, and now we have to have an eternal debate over it

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        Removed by mod

        • Soundhole@lemm.ee
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          deleted by creator

    • Dandroid@dandroid.app
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      I say dʒɪf, but the way the person who invented it wants you to say it is a really dumb basis for how something is pronounced, imo.

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