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From: quozl@netcom.com (D.M. "Quozl" Falk)
Subject: Re: GIF prononciation.  Word from the CREATOR!
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Timmy (tshaynes@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca) wrote:

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:                                              Third: it's a widely used 
: word, and one would hope that the majority of users would get it right.

Mistake #1: "GIF" is not a common word outside of computers. "Jif" is, 
though, and not just as a trademark. The word "jif" implies simple and 
quick, and "quick" is one thing GIFs are not.

I side with the hard-G crowd....

....Quozl!


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