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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 27 Dec 1994.

                            
    
    
Re: GIF prononciation.  Word from the CREATOR!
    
                        


                                            

                

            

        


    

        

            

                

                    
Re: GIF prononciation.  Word from the CREATOR!

                    

                        From Timmy <tsh...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>
                        · alt.ascii-art
                        · 27 Dec 1994 02:38                                                    · View full thread
                                            

                

            

        


        

            

                

                    

                        
In article <3dng5c$nj...@newsbf01.news.aol.com>,
INeedChese <ine...@aol.com> 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 765...@compuserve.com.  He's pretty sure that it's
pronounced "jif" since he defined it that way.

Cheers

Tim
-- 
_ _ __  ___________  ____  ___  __ |"For false Christs and false prophets will
_ ___   \__  _\ \  \/ \  \/ \ \/_/ | appear and perform signs and miracles to 
  _ __  `--\_\-\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\\_\  | deceive The Elect - if that were possible.
     - -   `-' `-"-"-"-'-"-"-'`-'  | So be on your guard;" - Mark 13:22-23[NIV]



                    

                

            

        


        

            

                

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