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I'm picking "Colonel" needs to be respelled to match how it's pronounced.

Try to pick a word no one else has picked. What word are you respelling?

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[–] StorageAware@lemmings.world 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Might start an argument but:
GIF -> GHIF

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It’s actually pronounced β€œJIF”

It stands for the Jraphics Interchange Format

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

Giraffics? πŸ¦’

[–] MrJukes@lemmy.one 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Nusm@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

β€œIt’s a floor wax.”

β€œIt’s a dessert topping.”

β€œIt’s a floor wax.”

β€œIt’s a dessert topping.”

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Vanilla ice cream and peanut butter ❀️

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] saba@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] fubo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'd rather use Linux than Barf on my clothes!

Jolly Image Format

[–] AlolanYoda@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks 1 points 1 year ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/Nrk8sqZfsgI?si=20rIrWuZbuPPeJua

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.

[–] joshfaulkner@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

GH as in "laugh"? People'd start flame wars over whether "FIF" is the intended pronunciation...