β² 100 βΌ Steve Wilhite (thelemmy.club) submitted 5 hours ago by GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world 25 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/70869345 Credit to Jack Scully
[β] egrets@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago (1 child) I think that question is best posed to the Joint Photographic Experts Group, better known as "jay-fegg". (For the record, I'm in camp "G as in Graphic", but it's still true that an acronym's source words don't dictate the pronunciation.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Zorque@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago (1 child) They dont absolutely define it, but they certainly contribute. Assuming one or the other as sole definer seems silly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Davel23@fedia.io 3 points 2 hours ago (1 child) Except they don't. The vast majority of acronyms have at least one letter that's pronounced differently than in the word it's representing. Any correlation is purely coincidental. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Zorque@lemmy.world 1 point 2 hours ago So occasionally one letter doesnt fit with the rest... doesnt that mean that the rule is not absolute and my statement is correct? That often the originating phrase contributes and often it does not, and that neither is exclusive to the other? permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Zorque@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago (1 child) They dont absolutely define it, but they certainly contribute. Assuming one or the other as sole definer seems silly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Davel23@fedia.io 3 points 2 hours ago (1 child) Except they don't. The vast majority of acronyms have at least one letter that's pronounced differently than in the word it's representing. Any correlation is purely coincidental. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Zorque@lemmy.world 1 point 2 hours ago So occasionally one letter doesnt fit with the rest... doesnt that mean that the rule is not absolute and my statement is correct? That often the originating phrase contributes and often it does not, and that neither is exclusive to the other? permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Davel23@fedia.io 3 points 2 hours ago (1 child) Except they don't. The vast majority of acronyms have at least one letter that's pronounced differently than in the word it's representing. Any correlation is purely coincidental. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Zorque@lemmy.world 1 point 2 hours ago So occasionally one letter doesnt fit with the rest... doesnt that mean that the rule is not absolute and my statement is correct? That often the originating phrase contributes and often it does not, and that neither is exclusive to the other? permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Zorque@lemmy.world 1 point 2 hours ago So occasionally one letter doesnt fit with the rest... doesnt that mean that the rule is not absolute and my statement is correct? That often the originating phrase contributes and often it does not, and that neither is exclusive to the other? permalink fedilink source parent
