Let's start calling .gif files bob and insist that's the proper way it's pronounced. Stand our ground until it catches on.
Posted by weirdinchicago@reddit | CrazyIdeas | View on Reddit | 9 comments
Sorry-Climate-7982@reddit
You'll need to create a backronym of bob, since gif is an acronym. Otherwise you endanger the fabric of the universe--it would go back to 8 bit only.
lordwafflesbane@reddit
Baphics onterchange bormat
Sorry-Climate-7982@reddit
Needs some work....
Fantastic_Fox_9497@reddit
Beeds oome bork*
Sorry-Climate-7982@reddit
Hmm, given that Unisys tried to charge royalties for the use of GIF technology after Compuserve came up with it, how does
Bits Over Bucks
strike your fancy.
hazysummersky@reddit
No..
ddollarsign@reddit
is bob pronounced with a soft b or a hard b though? probably soft
Agitated-Ad2563@reddit
It's pronounced as gif. You know, these crazy rules of English pronunciation.
Cutsdeep-@reddit
too obvious for gif files as there is already too much discussion on it.
why not a different format? eg 3MF identifies as bob.