Re: GIF prononciation. Word from the CREATOR!
From James Evan Jacoby <gal...@loreli.ftl.fl.us>
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· 28 Dec 1994 06:46 · View full thread
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Timmy (tsh...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca) scribbled this on a usenet napkin: >In article <3dng5c$nj...@newsbf01.news.aol.com>, >INeedChese <ine...@aol.com> wrote: >>it's with a hard g anyone who disagrees does not deserve to live that is >>all > >Perhaps you should direct that comment to Bob Berry (creator of the .GIF >format). He's at 765...@compuserve.com. He's pretty sure that it's >pronounced "jif" since he defined it that way. > >Cheers > >Tim And we're all STILL waiting for a rational explanation as to why. If you want to be real helpful, write him back and ask him. Until then I'll just pronounce GIF as "throatwobbler mangrove" and let it go at that. -- ========================================================================== James Evan Jacoby | "I'm so confident I'm sane." -> Gordon gal...@loreli.ftl.fl.us | "I'd go out of my mind but for you." Sumner ==========================================================================
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