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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 4 Jan 1995.
Re: GIF prononciation. Word from the CREATOR!

Re: GIF prononciation. Word from the CREATOR!

In article <3ed7k0$ah...@crl4.crl.com> cre...@crl.com (Dan Hornback) writes:

>val...@clark.net (T. M. Valentine) writes:

>>Bilbo Baggins (bma...@dolphin.upenn.edu) wrote:
>>: There are, there must be, *some* ground rules to pronunciation.  


>Test Time:

>Jiff is to GIF as GHOTI is to _________.

Fish

gh = f as in couGH
o  = i as in wOmen
ti = s as in loTIon
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!!@!!!     !!@!!!    @!!!   !!!       !!!@!!!!  !@!  !!!                
!!:           !:!     !!:   :!!       !!:  !!!  !!:  !!!   These views are 
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 ::       :::: ::      ::    ::: :::  ::   :::  ::::: ::   necessarily those
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From: Lin...@cadetmail.usafa.af.mil (Joey Psycho)
Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
Subject: Re: GIF prononciation. Word from the CREATOR!
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 1995 06:56:29 GMT
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