Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 9 months agoIt's canon now. And so is a certain image format.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square128fedilinkarrow-up11.19Karrow-down127
arrow-up11.16Karrow-down1imageIt's canon now. And so is a certain image format.lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square128fedilink
minus-squarelazerCovenantlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoAcronyms are words. They’re words formed out of the initial letters of a phrase or name.
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoI went and looked it up. Acronym is the most correct term. GIF can be an initialism or an acronym, however it becomes an acronym when we pronounce it as a word. I’m not going to get into a debate over it obeying word rules when it starts as an initialism. That’s for scholars and asklemmy shenanigans.
Acronyms are words. They’re words formed out of the initial letters of a phrase or name.
I went and looked it up.
Acronym is the most correct term. GIF can be an initialism or an acronym, however it becomes an acronym when we pronounce it as a word.
I’m not going to get into a debate over it obeying word rules when it starts as an initialism. That’s for scholars and asklemmy shenanigans.