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9:17 am Mon
May 7, 2012
Mispronounced tech terms
Nate Smith explains the right pronuncuations for all sorts of nerd words like "GIF" and "meme" -- if not the correct ones. [Slacktory]
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Satire? Troll? I am not sure what it is, but it isn’t really funny or interesting.
Agreed.
Honestly, I sometimes say “whiffy”.
Of course, the female equivalent to “hubby”.
Never thought about that one!
That would be “why-fee”, though.
Why fee? To prevent divor-cee, perhaps.
I came to say what Bagobones said. Lame
Except it’s pronounced “la-may.”
They could have at least gotten the fake-wrong pronunciation of internet right.
You mean the invisible “S” on the end? or how “net” is really pronounced “webs”?
Nate Smith publishes article designed to get Anonymous to send over pizzas and hookers… Film at 11.
Am I dating myself if I say, “Is it siss-op, or sigh-sop?”
If you’re actually asking, then it just depends on whether you’re talking about a Systems Operator, or a melodramatic blubberer.
I do sometimes say “Squill” to confound coders.
And I’ve never been quite sure of the “disk”/”disc” spelling. So I use “disq.”
I’ll also admit that I was an embarrassingly long way into Anathem before I realized some of the etymology.
I thought it actually was Vee-Logging… ‘Vladimir’s Vlachian Vlog’ makes so much more sense now!
Wait, you mean that name isn’t pronounced “Vee-Ladimir”?
If you enjoyed this, you might like this blog, Fake Eytmologies.
I actually feel a little dumber from having taken the time to read that.
I formally request a refund of my 45 seconds. I’m sure I have the receipt here somewhere…
Wow… that was a huge waste of time. It irritated me even more because I’ve heard people saying “Memmay” or “MayMay” or “MeMe” and I didn’t know what they were talking about.
Back in the days, trolling meant something.
meme = may-may
desu = dee-suh
sage = sayj
4chan = fortune
miːm MEEM
Successful troll is successful!
Am I dumb here, or isn’t the real correct way of pronouncing GIF like the peanut butter? So, the satire piece about which holds up mispronunciation gets the first one wrong/right?
If it was a giraffe -ic interchange file then maybe.
The format authors pronounce it that way
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_Interchange_Format#Pronunciation
He begins with a truthful anecdote about the pronunciation of gif and then goes on to satirize that by giving made-up examples. So, no.
” pronuncuations”
Please tell me you meant that typo!
OK. So Rob trolled us. Get over it — this is the Innernet, after all!
Jigawatts! Jigawatts!
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Zoidberg: It’s my lifelong dream.
Zoid: [shouting] Well that dream dies now. [He bangs his claw on the table.] You’re unfunny and untalented.