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		quitit 44 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mr TIFF Quietly thankful that the spec author didn't proclaim that we've been mispronouncing "TIFF" all these years.

BigTTYGothGF 44 days ago [–]

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

throw0101d 44 days ago | | [–]

TIL:

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

quitit 44 days ago | | [–]

I tried to pronounce it, but summoned a daemon instead

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