What did the creator of the GIF name them? Imagine if a bunch of people read your name wrong, then when you told them how it’s pronounced said that they don’t care, and your mom was wrong to pronounce your name that way.

[–] Risk@feddit.uk 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (13 children)

Eh, I prefer the descriptivist method of language. It's how language evolves over time.

Comparing it to a personal name is a false equivalence. GIF is an acronym, people could enunciate each letter if they so preferred and it would be more accurate/true to creation than even the creator's opinion of how to pronounce it.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 6 points 10 months ago (7 children)

I just don’t think that usual linguistic rules should apply to a thing that a guy literally invented and named.

The person who invented it gets to name it.

[–] Risk@feddit.uk 0 points 10 months ago

Except... all words are invented by someone, sometime.

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