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When you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIF (i.imgur.com)
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[โ€“] blanketswithsmallpox@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's like hearing people who work at Asus call it Asus instead of Asus.

The only reason they're saying it's Asus is because they have to. They say Asus like everyone else at home.

Also, after a certain amount of time, the word you made up is no longer yours. That be how language works yo.

[โ€“] PixxlMan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

At this point GIFs in their original form as .GIF files barely exist anymore. GIF basically just means "short clip". Why would the author get any say at all at that point?