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How do y'all say GIF? (lemmy.ml)
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[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It's an initialisation, not an acronym, so it's only:

Ess-queue-ell.

Surely anything else is madness

[–] pooberbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Your logic is circular

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, I don't understand

[–] pooberbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

An acronym is a kind of initialism that can be pronounced like a word e.g. NASA. Your reasoning for why it can't be pronounced as a word ("sequel") depends on it not being an acronym. But, since many people do pronounce it that way, it is, in fact, an acronym and can be pronounced that way.

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

Holy shit, I completely forgot about using the term sequel - you are absolutely correct!

[–] WheeGeetheCat@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And yet everyone I know who has used it pre-2010s ish says 'sequel'

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah, I'm just a dumb-ass that completely forgot