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- From: dave@admiral.uucp (Dave Litchman)
- Subject: Re: G-I-F pronunciation
- Organization: The Admiral's Unix System & The Grid BBS
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- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 19:55:44 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec13.195544.11512@admiral.uucp>
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- In article <1gdsofINN4hs@agate.berkeley.edu> kevinm@ocf.berkeley.edu (Kevin Miller) writes:
- >A friend and I have a little wager, that I would like to get settled before
- >the end of the semester. How is G-I-F pronounced? Gif as in "Gift" without
- >the "t" or "Jif" as in the peanut butter?
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- According to Compuserve (who originated the format) it's pronounced "jif", like
- the peanut butter.
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