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- From: dagbrown@lambert.waterloo.edu (Dave Brown)
- Subject: Re: New York Times article on BBS's
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- Organization: University of Waterloo
- References: <mtpins.711668470@icaen.uiowa.edu> <14kv1kINNg06@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> <medic.711862598@milton>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 14:13:39 GMT
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- In article <medic.711862598@milton> medic@milton.u.washington.edu (Travis Lauricella) writes:
- >unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (tuu) writes:
- >
- >
- >>In article <mtpins.711668470@icaen.uiowa.edu> mtpins@icaen.uiowa.edu (Michael T Pins) writes:
- >>}Keep in mind that most computer "terms" are concatenated abbrev's.
- >>}In this case, SYStem OPerator. Pronounce them accordingly.
- >
- >> I really dislike this argument, but I used to use it myself....
- >
- >> I dislike it because it's NOT true. There are many many terms that
- >>are abbreviations/acronyms that are *not* pronounced the way in which the
- >>original words are.
- >
- >One I've been wondering about recently is GIF. The "G" stands for graphic,
- >but I've heard it pronounced "JIF" more times than not. Is there a
- >pronunciation which is considered correct, or are both acceptable?
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- OH NO, NOT AGAIN (_already_)!!!
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- Back to writing my 1024x1024 30 gps Life program in Basic on my VIC-20...
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