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From: rvissers@exepc.com (Ron Vissers)
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Subject: Re: GIF prononciation.  Word from the CREATOR!
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 94 08:56:50 CST
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In article <D1C6yC.4wq@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>, tshaynes@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca says...
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>Tim,
>
>GIF has always been pronounced "jif", since it was first released in 1987.
>
>Bob
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>So, there you have it.  Proof from the man who made the standard.
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>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.





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