My question about DOGE is, how do you pronounce it? I've heard it usually pronounced with a soft G, like "DOJE" or "DOZJE." That works with "DOGEbag" and others. But "Government" has a hard G sound. And if you're going to speak or pronounce an acronym as a word, I think it should be faithful to the original word initial sounds.
"GIF" should be pronounced with a hard G, because it doesn't stand for "Jraphic Interchange Format." I realize that there are some that pronounce it "JIF." And that there are undoubtedly many common acronym pronunciations that would go against my jrain.
My question about DOGE is, how do you pronounce it? I've heard it usually pronounced with a soft G, like "DOJE" or "DOZJE." That works with "DOGEbag" and others. But "Government" has a hard G sound. And if you're going to speak or pronounce an acronym as a word, I think it should be faithful to the original word initial sounds.
"GIF" should be pronounced with a hard G, because it doesn't stand for "Jraphic Interchange Format." I realize that there are some that pronounce it "JIF." And that there are undoubtedly many common acronym pronunciations that would go against my jrain.
Dōzh. Rhymes with "loge." It's really a backronym, adopted from the doge meme.
I want to leave a pithy comment, but I'm stunned by the array of lively words presented.
Not that I'm going to get all pithy about it.