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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!Chris_F_Chiesa
  2. From: Chris_F_Chiesa@cup.portal.com
  3. Newsgroups: comp.graphics
  4. Subject: Re: G-I-F pronunciation
  5. Message-ID: <71684@cup.portal.com>
  6. Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 17:40:41 PST
  7. Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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  9. References: <1gdsofINN4hs@agate.berkeley.edu>
  10.   <1992Dec13.195544.11512@admiral.uucp>
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  13. >According to Compuserve (who originated the format) it's pronounced "jif", lik
  14. e
  15. >the peanut butter.
  16.  
  17. Ah, my respect for CI$ drops down another notch.  How stupid of them to 
  18. derive a soft-G pronunciation from an abbreviation of a hard-G word ("graph-
  19. icsomething")...
  20.  
  21. Chris Chiesa
  22.   Chris_F_Chiesa@cup.portal.com
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