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Comment by quitit

11 hours ago

Quietly thankful that the spec author didn't proclaim that we've been mispronouncing "TIFF" all these years.

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BigTTYGothGF  10 hours ago

The "TI" is really "Tl" and is a voiceless alveolar lateral affricate.

  • throw0101d  4 hours ago

    TIL:

    * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_lateral_aff...

  • quitit  9 hours ago

    I tried to pronounce it, but summoned a daemon instead

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