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615 points bluedel | 1 comments | 24 Jun 25 13:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.414s | source

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A fun fact about PNG, the correct pronunciation is defined in the specification

> PNG is pronounced “ping”

See the end of Section 1 [0]

dspillett ◴[25 Jun 25 12:15 UTC] No.44376393[source]▶

Because the creator of gifs telling the world how he pronounced it made such a huge difference :)

Not sure I'll bother to reprogram myself from “png”, “pung”, or “pee-enn-gee”.

naikrovek ◴[25 Jun 25 12:59 UTC] No.44376802[source]▶

When someone makes a baby, you call that person by their real name with the correct pronunciation, don’t you?

So why can’t you do that with GIF or PNG? People that create things get to name them.

1. freeopinion ◴[25 Jun 25 14:27 UTC] No.44377730[source]▶

A parent may name their baby Elizabeth. Then even the parent might call them Liz or Beth or Betsy or Bit or Bee.

A new PNG spec