Nate Smith explains the right pronuncuations for all sorts of nerd words like "GIF" and "meme" -- if not the correct ones. [Slacktory]

  • Bagobones

    Satire? Troll? I am not sure what it is, but it isn’t really funny or interesting.

    • relawson

      Agreed.

      Honestly, I sometimes say “whiffy”.

      • Ipo

         Of course, the female equivalent to “hubby”. 

        • relawson

          Never thought about that one! 

          That would be “why-fee”, though.

          • http://dbcooper.livejournal.com P.F. Bruns

             Why fee?  To prevent divor-cee, perhaps.

  • phomancho

    I came to say what Bagobones said. Lame

    • http://www.kmoser.com kmoser

       Except it’s pronounced “la-may.”

  • Daemonworks

    They could have at least gotten the fake-wrong pronunciation of internet right.

    • relawson

      You mean the invisible “S” on the end? or how “net” is really pronounced “webs”?

  • That_Anonymous_Coward

    Nate Smith publishes article designed to get Anonymous to send over pizzas and hookers… Film at 11.

  • TheKaz1969

    Am I dating myself if I say, “Is it siss-op, or sigh-sop?”

    • SamSam

      If you’re actually asking, then it just depends on whether you’re talking about a Systems Operator, or a melodramatic blubberer.

  • http://www.jjsaul.com Jim Saul

    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.

  • Smerdis

    I thought it actually was Vee-Logging… ‘Vladimir’s Vlachian Vlog’ makes so much more sense now!

    • Metostopholes

       Wait, you mean that name isn’t pronounced “Vee-Ladimir”?

  • TaymonBeal

    If you enjoyed this, you might like this blog, Fake Eytmologies.

  • Jeremy Melanson

    I actually feel a little dumber from having taken the time to read that.

    • Donald Petersen

      I formally request a refund of my 45 seconds.  I’m sure I have the receipt here somewhere…

  • chf64

    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.

  • Mantissa128

    Back in the days, trolling meant something.

    meme = may-may
    desu = dee-suh
    sage = sayj
    4chan = fortune

    • Ipo

       miːm   MEEM

      • Mantissa128

        Successful troll is successful!

  • Douglas Stuart

    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?

    • cbm

      If it was a giraffe -ic interchange file then maybe.

    • graywh
    • Antinous / Moderator

      So, the satire piece about which holds up mispronunciation gets the first one wrong/right?

      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.

  • chgoliz

    ” pronuncuations”

    Please tell me you meant that typo!

  • Ambiguity

    OK. So Rob trolled us. Get over it — this is the Innernet, after all!

  • Robert

    Jigawatts! Jigawatts!

  • http://www.facebook.com/aelfscine Jon Bakos

    Zoid: So, you want to be a comedian, is it?
    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.