X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,4c937612bafa20dd X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-12-28 00:08:34 PST Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.pop.psu.edu!hudson.lm.com!godot.cc.duq.edu!news.duke.edu!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!usenet.ufl.edu!draco.nova.edu!loreli!galador From: galador@loreli.ftl.fl.us (James Evan Jacoby) Subject: Re: GIF prononciation. Word from the CREATOR! Message-ID: <1994Dec28.064643.10676@loreli.ftl.fl.us> Organization: Loreli Date: Wed, 28 Dec 1994 06:46:43 GMT References: <3dk8o4$gmn@agate.berkeley.edu> <3dng5c$nj6@newsbf01.news.aol.com> X-Ad: Loreli +1.305.985.2423 (USA) Guest (info: admin@loreli.ftl.fl.us) Lines: 27 Timmy (tshaynes@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca) scribbled this on a usenet napkin: >In article <3dng5c$nj6@newsbf01.news.aol.com>, >INeedChese 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 76555.167@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 galador@loreli.ftl.fl.us | "I'd go out of my mind but for you." Sumner ==========================================================================