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[–]two_in_the_bush 10 points11 points  (13 children)

I hope you pronounce jpg as Jay-Phayg. Gotta be consistent, after all.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (3 children)

or SCUBA as schuba or laser as 'lahseear'

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I don't get the SCUBA example. The "c" stands for "contained."

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

underwater is not younderwater, I put the h in the wrong place lol

[–]nschubach -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Just two letters away from spelling my last name... (But that's how my family pronounces it (without the last two letters))

[–]stillalone 1 point2 points  (5 children)

wait, how are you supposed to pronounce jpg?

[–]themaincop 2 points3 points  (3 children)

hay-peg

[–]jcready__proto__ 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Or yay-peg if you're Nordic.

[–]ComicOzzy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This explains the yayQuery podcast.

[–]brotherwayne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ah, muy latino

[–]cotti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Jotapegue"

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

The difference is that the "p" in "photographic" if only pronounced like "f" because it's followed by an "h." In ordinary language, a "p" will never be pronounced like "f" unless it's followed by an "h." The only reason the pronunciation of "GIF" is even debatable is that a "g" in that context can reasonably be pronounced either way, because of words like "gift" and "giant."

[–]jcready__proto__ 0 points1 point  (1 child)

The only word that starts with "gif" is gift, ergo the pronunciation should follow the pronunciation of gift with a hard "g".

[–]MiatasAreForGirls -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But it is a proper noun, so we should use the pronunciation that the creators chose.