BlameTheAntifa comments on Someone got Doom in an SQL database

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago (7 children)

Some people pronounce Graphics Interchange Format Jiff. It does not make it right or social acceptable.

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

The year is 2839939. The last GIF vs JIF joke is made. The sun explodes, killing everyone, and ridding the universe of the joke forever.

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[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 6 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Some of us say hard g GIF, but prefer "ess-cue-ell" for SQL.

The former is an acronym and the latter is an initialism, and for me, that's what makes the distinction. Anything else is secondary.

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[–] PokerChips@programming.dev 1 point 6 hours ago

Oddly, I usually say "ess-cue-ell" but read it as sequel while reading the acronym in your first sentence.

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[–] log@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 hours ago* (1 child)

You say es-cue-ell.
I say squeal.

We are not the same.

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[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 2 points 10 hours ago

"Suckle" would be my preferred horrific reading.

For reasons I won't go into, and probably not the first ones you'd think of, "squeal" holds a different negative connotation for me.

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[–] SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today 4 points 17 hours ago

Choosey developers choose gif (jiff). It was deliberately meant to evoke the peanut butter ad.

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[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 1 point 16 hours ago

ZHAIF 4 LAIF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmqy-Sp0txY

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