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Article #117Re: New York Times article on BBS's
From: Leonard Erickson
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 18:01
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 18:01
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medic@milton.u.washington.edu (Travis Lauricella) writes: >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? For what it is worth, The *format* is owned by Compuserve. They just let folks use it freely. And the standards document says it is pronounced "jif"... -- Leonard Erickson leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com CIS: [70465,203] 70465.203@compuserve.com FIDO: 1:105/56 Leonard.Erickson@f56.n105.z1.fidonet.org (The CIS address is checked daily. The others infrequently)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!psgrain!qiclab!leonard From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson) Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: New York Times article on BBS's Message-ID: <1992Jul23.180127.1359@qiclab.scn.rain.com> Date: 23 Jul 92 18:01:27 GMT References: <1992Jul20.080858.145@sdg.dra.com> <rdippold.711661229@cancun> <mtpins.711668470@icaen.uiowa.edu> <14kv1kINNg06@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> <medic.711862598@milton> Reply-To: 70465.203@compuserve.com Organization: SCN Research/Qic Laboratories of Tigard, Oregon. Lines: 15