The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoMy hot take on the official pronunciation of GNOMEmedia.piefed.worldimagemessage-square302fedilinkarrow-up1930arrow-down111
arrow-up1919arrow-down1imageMy hot take on the official pronunciation of GNOMEmedia.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square302fedilink
minus-squareserendepity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·edit-21 month agoIf gif is pronounced gif, then gnome should be pronounced gnome
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·edit-21 month 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.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-230 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-21 month 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-up1·1 month agoIt was a tongue-in-cheek response. The English alphabet doesn’t convey pronunciation.
minus-squareenbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·30 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