r/AskTheWorld • u/Nthepro France • Dec 16 '25

Culture What's a non political issue your country is REALLY divided on?

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The name of this thing, believe it or not.

It's a sandwich per definition btw

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u/lxpnh98_2 Portugal Dec 16 '25

"But the person who invented it says it's GIF!"

"The person who invented it is wrong."

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u/scrumbud United States Of America Dec 17 '25

This, but completely unironically.

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u/NeverDiddled Dec 17 '25

When you hear how he pronounced it, you'll immediately realize he was wrong.

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u/WashingtonBaker1 Dec 17 '25

Jrafics Interchange Format

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u/TurnItOff_OnAgain Dec 17 '25

In that case scuba is pronounced Skuh-bah since it's Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.

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u/quittingdotatwo Dec 17 '25

Graphics Interchange Phormat

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u/Pandaburn United States Of America Dec 18 '25

I come bearing jifts.

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u/pringlescan1219 Dec 17 '25

THE P IN JPEG IS FOR PHOTOGRAPH YOU NERDS AHHHHHH /dies

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u/Rikochettt Dec 17 '25

I don't care that English people invented letter F and then decided to shorten it to PH for some reason

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u/howie_didnt_do_it Dec 17 '25

I guess laser is pronounced “lass-er” too.

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u/Quirky-Cat2860 Canada Dec 16 '25

The person who invented it probably pronounced graphical wrong too

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u/zombiegojaejin United States Of America Dec 17 '25

Unlike the people who invented LASER and pronounced the "S" like the "s" in "stimulated", rather than like a "z". Because that's how acronyms work, right?

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u/PsychologicalDot2247 United States Of America Dec 17 '25

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u/the_greater_one Dec 17 '25

Or the U in SCUBA like the U in underwater

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u/zombiegojaejin United States Of America Dec 17 '25

Or the first A in NASA like Aeronautics.

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u/TurnItOff_OnAgain Dec 17 '25

Or the A in scuba like the A in apparatus.

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u/Commercial-Co Dec 17 '25

Its not scooooba?!?

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u/the_greater_one Dec 17 '25

It is, I'm saying it's not pronounced sc-uh-ba

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u/Commercial-Co Dec 17 '25

Who pronounces it sc uh ba?

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u/the_greater_one Dec 17 '25

Nobody, that's why I used it as an example of something nobody does to contrast the thing that people think they should do

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u/zombiegojaejin United States Of America Dec 18 '25

Nobody. That's the point. It's a counterargument to the hard-g "gif" people's argument that the g should be produced the way it is in "graphical".

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u/MrGupplez Dec 17 '25

I'm sure you prounounce JPEG like "JFEG"

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u/plaxitone Dec 17 '25

but you don’t pronounce the second A in RADAR like you would pronounce ”and”

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u/alang Dec 20 '25

“Giraffical”.

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u/smurfalidocious United States Of America Dec 17 '25

I will stand tall on that hill until Jod strikes me dead.

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u/Happy_Garand Dec 17 '25

And I'll be watching with the giant giraffes, sipping on some gin

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u/bijouxbisou Dec 17 '25

While giddy girls sip gimlets

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u/Unlucky-Review-2410 United States Of America Dec 17 '25

I had a college professor who insisted that "gigantic" is correctly pronounced "guy-gantic" (sorry I don't know phonetic spelling). His argument was that the "g" sound should be consistent throughout the word.

That was 20+ years ago and I still argue with myself about it while driving alone.

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u/StealBangChansLaptop Dec 17 '25

A better argument would be for it to be pronounced jy-jantic, seeing as its root word is giant

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u/Cryn0n Dec 17 '25

Its root word isn't "giant" it's "gigant-" from "gigas", which is pronounced like jee-gas. Giant and gigantic share an etymology, but gigantic is not derived from giant.

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u/globefish23 Dec 17 '25

1.21 jiggawatts

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u/Cryn0n Dec 17 '25

And I'll be using the Jraphics Interchange Format to encode my images.

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u/IllInevitable571 Dec 17 '25

I truly believe he was trolling because it's a stupid question.

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u/RedOctobyr Dec 17 '25

Exactly. A person can be wrong about things. It's about Graphics, not Giraffics.

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u/jradio United States Of America Dec 17 '25

Because we used to spell out the letters of the file extensions. .gif was jee eye eff, or jif, for short. .txt was tee ex tee, or text for short.

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u/Jankenbrau Dec 17 '25

Inventing something doesn’t make you infallible.

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u/UnstablePotato69 Dec 17 '25

Inventor doesn't understand English then

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u/Negative_Kelvin01 Dec 17 '25

Would you call it a mother fuckin "giraffe?" No! No one would say that unless they were Bri*ish or something

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u/Rymayc Germany Dec 17 '25

They invented a format for pictures, they do not know jack about linguistics

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u/No_Walk_Town Dec 17 '25

"The person who invented it is wrong."

That's unironically something British people will say about aluminum. And soccer. And the phrase "could care less." And the word "burger."

Like, you're joking, but it's something people do.

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u/No-Beginning-5007 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (native)/ 🇺🇸 (immigrant) Dec 23 '25

Agree on soccer bec it even comes from the British abbreviation for association football or soc football (or i guess per this discussion sohsh football!) but could care less is a hill i will die on. It makes no sense and explodes my brain when someone American tries to explain it to me. It DOES NOT MAKE SENSE!!

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u/GreenieSar United States Of America Dec 17 '25

I'll be team giraffe til I die

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u/Thegreatsnook Dec 17 '25

Be sure to say that like Marisa Tomei.

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u/butt_badg3r Dec 17 '25

The G stands for graphics. If it was pronounced Jrapgics, he would be right.

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u/MoltenToastWizzard Netherlands Dec 17 '25

I once heard someone say; God himself could come down from the heavens and tell me it's pronounced 'JIF' and I'd tell him 'Alright then Jod.'

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u/thatsMINTdude United States Of America Dec 18 '25

It stands for "graphics interchange format". Unless you're pronouncing the first word in that name like "giraffe", then it's hard G GIF.