Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 年前It's canon now. And so is a certain image format.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up11.17Karrow-down127
arrow-up11.14Karrow-down1imageIt's canon now. And so is a certain image format.lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 年前message-square123fedilink
minus-squarelazerCovenant@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 年前Acronyms are words. They’re words formed out of the initial letters of a phrase or name.
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 年前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.
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.