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- From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc,alt.folklore.computers
- Subject: Re: New York Times article on BBS's
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.180127.1359@qiclab.scn.rain.com>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 18:01:27 GMT
- References: <1992Jul20.080858.145@sdg.dra.com> <rdippold.711661229@cancun> <mtpins.711668470@icaen.uiowa.edu> <14kv1kINNg06@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> <medic.711862598@milton>
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- medic@milton.u.washington.edu (Travis Lauricella) writes:
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- >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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- For what it is worth, The *format* is owned by Compuserve. They just
- let folks use it freely. And the standards document says it is pronounced
- "jif"...
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- Leonard Erickson leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com
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