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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 5 Jan 1995.
Re: GIF prononciation. Word from the CREATOR!

Re: GIF prononciation. Word from the CREATOR!

Ed Blount (hop...@loreli.ftl.fl.us) wrote:
>Don't you people have anything better to do?  Who actually _gives a flying
>fig_ how other people pronounce it?  Jeeeezus!  Get over it!  Pronounce
>it however you like, and let this thread die.

  Pronounce it "JPEG" and let the format die.

  GIF is dead, long live JPEG!

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Subject: Re: GIF prononciation.  Word from the CREATOR!
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