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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 31 Dec 1994.
Re: GIF?

Re: GIF?

From sha...@comfo.cuug.ab.ca · alt.ascii-art · 31 Dec 1994 20:30 · View full thread · report

IP>Q>> It stands for Graphic Interchange Format and is pronounced "jif", not
IP> >> "gif".  It is called Graphic Interchange Format because it was one of th
IP> >> first formats to be supported on multiple architectures, hence pictures
IP> >> encoded with it were 'interchangeable'.

IP>Q>Why is it 'jif' on your say-so?  I've always pronounced it 'gif' and
IP> >don't see why it wouldn't be pronounced so.

IP>I agree.  Say GRAPHIC.  I don't hear JRAPHIC.
IP>---
IP> * QMPro 1.02 54-6372 * Pat...@cde.gate.net

   It is pronounced JIF... as you would have known if you had bothered
to read the post by the guy who mentioned that the person who INVENTED
the damn things NAMED THEM THAT.  You dont call cars, "sars" do you?
You dont call the phone a "pa-hone" do you?  Are Mood rings called
"Mowed" rings?  Lots of things have the "owe" sound but not everything
is pronounced that way.  Grab a brain you dough heads.  It was written
there in black and white.  The format is pronounced JIF because thats
what the guy INVENTED... it has nothing to do with how many GEE sounds
or how many GUH sounds there are in the world.  If you cant be bothered
to use the english language correctly.. then SHUTUP.

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Subject: Re: GIF?
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From: sha...@comfo.cuug.ab.ca
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 94 15:30:13 EST
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