Re: New York Times article on BBS's

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From: David Lemson
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 01:08

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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?

I've seen some specification from Compuserve that said it was
pronounced 'jif'.  I looked at the 89A spec doc, and it doesn't
mention pronounciation.  Maybe someone else can find it.
-- 
David Lemson                                                 (217) 244-1205
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Subject: Re: New York Times article on BBS's
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