The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agoMy hot take on the official pronunciation of GNOMEmedia.piefed.worldexternal-linkmessage-square305fedilinkarrow-up1936arrow-down112
arrow-up1924arrow-down1external-linkMy hot take on the official pronunciation of GNOMEmedia.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square305fedilink
minus-squareserendepity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·edit-222 days agoIf gif is pronounced gif, then gnome should be pronounced gnome
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·edit-222 days agoGi gives the g a j sound. Like gist, gibberish, giraffe, giant do at least that one is easy to pick up on.
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-221 days agoI love how you state that as a fact as if words like give, gift, gill, gibbon, giddy, etc don’t exist. please tell me you call it JIT-HUB.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-222 days agoYou will also note that the pronunciation of gif is debated despite me saying it’s easy to pick up on.
minus-squareserendepity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 days agoIt was a tongue-in-cheek response. The English alphabet doesn’t convey pronunciation.
minus-squareenbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 days agothat’s evil gnome, if written in Java
Jnome, like gif.
If gif is pronounced gif, then gnome should be pronounced gnome
Like the peanut butter?
Choosy moms choose gif.
Gi gives the g a j sound. Like gist, gibberish, giraffe, giant do at least that one is easy to pick up on.
I love how you state that as a fact as if words like give, gift, gill, gibbon, giddy, etc don’t exist.
please tell me you call it JIT-HUB.
I do now.
Hi Jinny
You will also note that the pronunciation of gif is debated despite me saying it’s easy to pick up on.
It was a tongue-in-cheek response. The English alphabet doesn’t convey pronunciation.
Gift
that’s evil gnome, if written in Java