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		projektfu on June 21, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Avo – Build Ruby on Rails apps faster Add an accent and you get grandparent (avó)

adrianthedev on June 22, 2022 [–]

I have a hard time with english (mostly US) speaking people that pronounce it "aivo". It's actually like "avocado" "avo".

picardo on June 23, 2022 | [–]

The creator of GIF file format spent years trying to get people to pronounce it JIF. You know, just saying... It didn't work.

Besides, EEEY-vo is more fun to say than UH-vo.

adrianthedev on June 23, 2022 | | [–]

Haha. Your statement is 100% correct!

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