• cm0002@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    No because jay-peg actually makes sense and fits well, just like NASA makes sense and fits well. You can say NASA and JPEG without having to introduce additional letters to make it work. Unlike “Gooey”, “Sequel”, or “Scuzzy” which all require the addon of more letters to actually work

    You can just see JPEG and intuitively go “Oh Jay-PEG” you can’t say the same for SCSI

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        Where? you can pronounce “J” 2 ways. “Je” and “Jay”

        “PEG” stands on its own, and it’s also a word, “peg”

        So when you pronounce Jay-PEG you’re just sounding out the “J” and pronouncing the word “PEG”. No letters have been added to make it pronounceable

        In contrast to “Sequel”/SQL where you need to add a vowel “e” and a consonant “u” to get “sequel”