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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 3 Jan 1995.
Re: GIF?

Re: GIF?

From Kate <kat...@gulf.net> · alt.ascii-art · 3 Jan 1995 14:33 · View full thread · report
>   It is pronounced JIF... as you would have known if you had bothered
>to read the post by the guy who mentioned that the person who INVENTED
>the damn things NAMED THEM THAT.  You dont call cars, "sars" do you?
>You dont call the phone a "pa-hone" do you?  Are Mood rings called
>"Mowed" rings?  Lots of things have the "owe" sound but not everything
>is pronounced that way.  Grab a brain you dough heads.  It was written
>there in black and white.  The format is pronounced JIF because thats
>what the guy INVENTED... it has nothing to do with how many GEE sounds
>or how many GUH sounds there are in the world.  If you cant be bothered
>to use the english language correctly.. then SHUTUP.


The word "don't" has an apostrophe in it; the word "mood" should not
be capitalized; the word "that's" has an apostrophe in it; the word
"can't" has an apostrophe in it; the word "English" should be 
capitalized; the phrase "shut up" is two words, not one; you're
missing several commas; and you really, really should not be flaming
people, especially if it's for something you're guilty of yourself.

Now, perhaps we can return to the topic.

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