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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

let's check in with the inventor...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The inventor of the common pronunciation of GIF? That'd be like, 20 million people wouldn't it?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The man who invented the format/word. He gave his input as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just because someone made it doesn't mean they understand it.

I could draw a picture of a purple dragon fucking a monkey but couldn't tell you why.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But I feel they have more legitimacy and say than you or I. That being said, language is a fluid thing and influenced by the masses.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

You can't argue with these folks. Reminds of when Andy and Erin write the song about Sabre but thought it was pounced SAB-REE so everything rhymed with that.