Re: New York Times article on BBS's

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From: Dave Brown
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 14:13

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In article <medic.711862598@milton> medic@milton.u.washington.edu (Travis Lauricella) writes:
>unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (tuu) writes:
>
>
>>In article <mtpins.711668470@icaen.uiowa.edu> mtpins@icaen.uiowa.edu (Michael T Pins) writes:
>>}Keep in mind that most computer "terms" are concatenated abbrev's.
>>}In this case, SYStem OPerator.  Pronounce them accordingly.
>
>>	I really dislike this argument, but I used to use it myself....
>
>>	I dislike it because it's NOT true.  There are many many terms that
>>are abbreviations/acronyms that are *not* pronounced the way in which the
>>original words are. 
>
>One I've been wondering about recently is GIF.  The "G" stands for graphic,
>but I've heard it pronounced "JIF" more times than not.  Is there a 
>pronunciation which is considered correct, or are both acceptable?

OH NO, NOT AGAIN (_already_)!!!

Back to writing my 1024x1024 30 gps Life program in Basic on my VIC-20...

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From: dagbrown@lambert.waterloo.edu (Dave Brown)
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