Re: GIF prononciation. Word from the CREATOR!
In article <D1C...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>, tsh...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca says... > >Tim, > >GIF has always been pronounced "jif", since it was first released in 1987. > >Bob >------- > >So, there you have it. Proof from the man who made the standard. > >Now, stop saying "gif", or I will hunt you down and scan you to death. ;) > So....the creator was Wrong. its G ....hard g. as in Graphic Interchange Format or also Gargantuan In Filesize. ` ` _____________ , ` ,...''', ` ___________-'''''_____RKM.| - - - - - - :::;- - - - ' ``-----------\\\\\\_______.-/ ___ ` `'''...` ,'.__ __\,,,_ /'.\_`\ ` ` . _ ___.--'''`--''// ,-_/` \/' `\`\ Ron Vissers ` ` \`"' ' | \ \ \\/ / // / /.|' |'| Comp. Sci. Dsgn. Eng. /'` \ | Y | \|/ / // | .\ /'/' /<"\ \ \ \ | | ||/ // | \/ | `-' Battlelords - 23rd Century / _.-. \.-\,___| _-| / \ \/|_/ | Game Master `-' f/ | / __/ \__ / |_/ | `-' | -| -|\__ \ |-'| Team Internet Paintball __/ /__,-' ) ,' ;' TIP#398 ((__.-'((____..-' <<_,' <rvi...@execpc.com> aka: Pantera Peace through excessive Firepower!
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,4c937612bafa20dd X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-12-27 13:37:25 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swiss.ans.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.alpha.net!usenet From: rvi...@exepc.com (Ron Vissers) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: GIF prononciation. Word from the CREATOR! Date: Tue, 27 Dec 94 08:56:50 CST Organization: Alpha.net -- Milwaukee, WI Lines: 39 Message-ID: <3dp9r6$id...@homer.alpha.net> References: <D1C...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: vesta.execpc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.9
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