Except he didn't invent the words used to name what he invented. If he had just named it gif and pronounced it jif and non of those letters stood for anything I would see your point, but he didn't. He named it graphic interchange format, shortened to gif. That said, who gives a shit pronounce it how you want. Language evolves anyways.

[–] hardaysknight@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

JPHEG

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Nobody pronounces it with a hard G because of what the G stands for. Acronyms don't work like that. They do it because a hard G is more common when starting words in English than a soft one.

[–] Risk@feddit.uk -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sure, but that doesn't change anything in my mind. Descriptivism FTW!

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You better be consistent, then! Jfeg!

[–] Risk@feddit.uk 2 points 10 months ago

Huh? I don't follow.

[–] Risk@feddit.uk 0 points 10 months ago

Except... all words are invented by someone, sometime.