Re: GIF prononciation. Word from the CREATOR!
In article <3e2sti$m1...@netnews.upenn.edu> bma...@dolphin.upenn.edu (Bilbo Baggins) writes: >Matthew Z. Rascoff (Mat...@nyo.com) wrote: >: i was one of the people at compuserve who wrote up the gif format. it is >: pronounec witha soft "g" > > >: sorry folks, this ends it > > >No. I'm sorry, Matt. This ends nothing. When you create something and >send it out into the great wide world, you of necessity give up some of >your power over it. > >Just because you helped make it up doesn't mean you get to say how it's <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<SNIP>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >The hard G sound makes more sense. The hard G sound is the natural >reaction to the letters GIF in that order. Your OPINION notwithstanding, >I'm on the hard G side and strongly so. > >This post does NOT end it, folks. > > Go for the hard G. Mines always hard: __ __ / V \ / \ / \ (_ _ _ _) | \_ _/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | _____ | | | | ______ /, , ,\| |/ , ,\ / , , ` , , \ / , , ` ` , \ \ ` ` ` / \ ' ` ' , , , / \__________/\__________/ Gee! --- All You Touch And All You See jgp...@mailbox.syr.edu ____ Is All Your Life Will Ever Be. (315) 689-7463 / \ I think, therefore I am confused! John G. Poupore | O O | Live Long And Prosper, for I shall do neither. \ || / All I can say is that my life is pretty plain |++| I like watching the puddles gather rain -- WARNING: If you're going to take drugs, DON'T TAKE MINE :)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,4c937612bafa20dd X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-01-01 01:23:50 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news2.near.net!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.kei.com!ub!galileo.cc.rochester.edu!newstand.syr.edu!kong.syr.edu!jgpoupor From: jgp...@kong.syr.edu (Kilroy) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: GIF prononciation. Word from the CREATOR! Date: 1 Jan 1995 01:13:11 GMT Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Lines: 57 Message-ID: <3e4vj7$ld...@newstand.syr.edu> References: <001...@nyo.com> <3e2sti$m1...@netnews.upenn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: kong.syr.edu
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