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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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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”.

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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.

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1. eviks ◴[25 Jun 25 16:40 UTC] No.44379249[source]▶
First, it's not a baby, that's a ridiculous comparison.

But also, no, not universally even for babies, especially when the name is something ridiculous like X Æ A-Xii where even parents disagree on pronunciation, or when the person himself uses a "non-specced" variant