OberonSwanson@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoWhen you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIFi.imgur.comimagemessage-square199fedilinkarrow-up11.13K
arrow-up11.13KimageWhen you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIFi.imgur.comOberonSwanson@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square199fedilink
minus-squareblanketswithsmallpox@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 years 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-up2·2 years 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?