Re: GIF prononciation. Word from the CREATOR!
From D.M. "Quozl" Falk <quo...@netcom.com>
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· 28 Dec 1994 07:59 · View full thread
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Timmy (tsh...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca) wrote: [...] : 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! -- //////======////////// |Dennis M. Falk |221 Huntoon St.|TTA/Animaniacs/WB / @ ) \\\\\\\\\\ |aka "Quozl Mephit"|Eureka, CA |TaleSpin/CnD-RR *___(_____(___| |(quo...@netcom.com)|95501-4115 USA |Fifi/Babs/Minerva Supporting your right to own a pet Mustelid! (Skunks, ferrets, otters, minks..)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,4c937612bafa20dd X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-12-28 10:48:04 PST Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Path: nntp.gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!quozl From: quo...@netcom.com (D.M. "Quozl" Falk) Subject: Re: GIF prononciation. Word from the CREATOR! Message-ID: <quo...@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <D1C...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> <3dibmt$p4...@nic-nac.csu.net> <D1D...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> <3dk8o4$gm...@agate.berkeley.edu> <D1D...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> Date: Wed, 28 Dec 1994 07:59:17 GMT Lines: 21
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