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When you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIF (i.imgur.com)

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (36 children)

Geography
Geology
Giraffe
Generous

Just a few examples that come to mind. Additionally, the pronunciation of the individual words included in an acronym DOES NOT determine the pronunciation of that acronym. See SCUBA as an example.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

Good and very informative, thank you.

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I'm still gonna pronounce it (G)IF though.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This, and Gig Git Girl Gibbon Gift Gill Giddy Gigahertz Gimmick Gizzard

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I always called it jit 😭

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Jit is not git!

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