Re: GIF?
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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