28 minutes ago, Scott Robison said:
And if they wanted it pronounced garaje, or jiraffe, or ... ?
Begun, the gif wars have.
28 minutes ago, Scott Robison said:
And if they wanted it pronounced garaje, or jiraffe, or ... ?
6 hours ago, kelli217 said:
Acronyms have little to no relation to how the words they abbreviate are pronounced. Otherwise, SCUBA would rhyme with 'Bubba.' LASER would rhyme with 'passer.' JPEG (which is a combination of an initialism and an acronym) would rhyme with 'trayf egg.'
8 hours ago, Ed Minchau said:
Begun, the gif wars have.
1 hour ago, kelli217 said:
The P in JPEG stands for Photography. "Trayf" is the opposite of "kosher." It rhymes with "waif."
You might note that the S in LASER if pronounced as in the abbreviated word, would go from a voiced to a sibilant sound.
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8 minutes ago, kelli217 said:
On 4/27/2021 at 10:35 AM, Scott Robison said:
The best part of this is the last comment (at least, last as I read it): "The correct pronunciation is heef, with the gi pronounced as in Gila monster. Obvs." ?
On 4/26/2021 at 7:35 PM, Scott Robison said:
The best part of this is the last comment (at least, last as I read it): "The correct pronunciation is heef, with the gi pronounced as in Gila monster. Obvs." ?