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When you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIF (i.imgur.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Letters are pronounced differently in acronyms than in the original words all the time. Take POTUS, for example; the O and U are not the sounds in "of" or "United".

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You mean you guys haven't been saying "puh-thyoos" all this time?