S2E15 - The Holy War (the feud over pronunciation of GIF) - a podcast by Cult Or Just Weird
from 2020-10-13T07:00
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Teach the controversy.
Chris foolishly dives headfirst into the most controversial debate of the internet age.
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*Search Categories*
Anthropological; Internet culture
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*Topic Spoiler*
The war on how to pronounce GIF
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*Further Reading*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIF
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_syndrome
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym
https://abbreviations.yourdictionary.com/articles/common-accronyms.html
https://abbreviations.yourdictionary.com/reference/abbreviations/what-is-an-initialism.html
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/33532/when-did-the-use-of-acronyms-begin
https://www.reddit.com/r/etymology/comments/5lium9/whats_the_history_of_acronyms/
https://forward.com/culture/326379/the-true-history-of-the-dreidel/
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/gif
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/GIF
http://howtoreallypronouncegif.com/
https://jemully.com/gif-pronunciation-hard-g-logic-doesnt-rule/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/02/25/how-do-you-say-gif-properly-ask-giphy-jif/4750684002/
https://www.cnn.com/2013/05/22/tech/web/pronounce-gif/index.html
https://www.newsweek.com/100-percent-wrong-pronunciation-gif-483374
https://gizmodo.com/how-the-hell-do-you-pronounce-gif-anyway-5749451
https://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/pronounce-gif-article-1.3007037
https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2016/07/25/you-may-be-wrong-on-pronunciation-of-gif/
https://www.languagejones.com/blog-1/2017/7/1/a-linguists-take-on-the-great-gif-controversy
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/551894/how-do-linguists-pronounce-gif
https://mcdowlinguist.github.io/2020/08/31/gif-pronunciation.html
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cultists: Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Alyssa Ottum, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T, Lianne Cole
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