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A new PNG spec

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369548684892826 ◴[25 Jun 25 12:06 UTC] No.44376322[source]▶
A fun fact about PNG, the correct pronunciation is defined in the specification

> PNG is pronounced “ping”

See the end of Section 1 [0]

0: https://www.w3.org/TR/REC-png.pdf

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gred ◴[25 Jun 25 12:10 UTC] No.44376360[source]▶
That makes two image format names which I will refuse to pronounce correctly (the other being GIF [1]).

[1] https://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/22/tech/web/pronounce-gif

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ziml77 ◴[25 Jun 25 15:33 UTC] No.44378487[source]▶
The only logic I ever hear for using a hard G is because that's how Graphics is said. Yet I never hear people saying jay-feg.
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1. gred ◴[25 Jun 25 16:11 UTC] No.44378920[source]▶
Also "gift".