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Pronunciation of GIF (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 days ago by can@sh.itjust.works to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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No, acronyms don't work that way

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[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

It turns out it was really easy this time:
Can't upload, too wide.
Here's this godawful url, good luck to everybody's clients:
Gif of two giraffes passing an image back and forth
Text over the gif reads:

It's pronounced "JIF" because it stands for Giraffic Interchange Format

(Paraphrase brought to you by my very short short-term memory)