Re: GIF prononciation. Word from the CREATOR!
From Matthew Williams <md...@csi.compuserve.com>
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· 28 Dec 1994 18:12 · View full thread
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In article <D1D...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>, tsh...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Timmy) says: >Look, GIF isn't some old word like "cough" and "through" with a strange >prononciation that was never really defined. Why do people consistently >ignore the fact that the CREATOR has defined it to be pronounced "jif"? >Bob Berry - 765...@compuserve.com - ask him yourself! Actually the real "creator/inventor" of GIF is Steve Wilhite who does work for CompuServe. -- Matt Williams
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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 10:18:14 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.pop.psu.edu!hudson.lm.com!godot.cc.duq.edu!ddsw1!redstone.interpath.net!news.sprintlink.net!pipex!uunet!news.inhouse.compuserve.com!news From: md...@csi.compuserve.com (Matthew Williams) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: GIF prononciation. Word from the CREATOR! Date: 28 Dec 1994 18:12:40 GMT Organization: CompuServe Incorporated Lines: 11 Message-ID: <3ds9qo$gh...@mhaal.inhouse.compuserve.com> References: <D1C...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> <D1D...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> <3dk8o4$gm...@agate.berkeley.edu> <kelleyb-2512941242330001@xo <D1D...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: mdw.inhouse.compuserve.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.90.4
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