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- Subject: Re: G-I-F pronunciation
- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.101231.1@tesla.njit.edu>
- Date: 17 Dec 92 15:12:31 GMT
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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?
- >
- > Any help is greatly appreciated! I want to collect my $5!
- >
- > Kevin
- > kevinm@ocf.berkeley.edu
- >
- > PS...Please respond through E-mail, as I don't regularly read this sub.
- Well, for starters, read the documentation that comes with cshow, the true
- gif viewer. It tells you that it's pronounced "Jif" as in the peanut butter.
- Which one did you think it was ;-)
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