OberonSwanson@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhen you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIFi.imgur.comimagemessage-square205fedilinkarrow-up11.12Karrow-down1123
arrow-up11Karrow-down1imageWhen you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIFi.imgur.comOberonSwanson@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square205fedilink
minus-squareblanketswithsmallpox@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·1 year agoIt’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.
minus-squarePixxlMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoAt 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?
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.
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?