• Optional@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The inventor of the common pronunciation of GIF? That’d be like, 20 million people wouldn’t it?

      • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Just because someone made it doesn’t mean they understand it.

        I could draw a picture of a purple dragon fucking a monkey but couldn’t tell you why.

        • Frozengyro@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          But I feel they have more legitimacy and say than you or I. That being said, language is a fluid thing and influenced by the masses.

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            1 month ago

            You can’t argue with these folks. Reminds of when Andy and Erin write the song about Sabre but thought it was pounced SAB-REE so everything rhymed with that.