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Article #95Re: New York Times article on BBS's
From: Travis Lauricella
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 03:36
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 03:36
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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?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!uw-beaver!news.u.washington.edu!milton!medic From: medic@milton.u.washington.edu (Travis Lauricella) Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: New York Times article on BBS's Message-ID: <medic.711862598@milton> Date: 23 Jul 92 03:36:38 GMT References: <1992Jul20.080858.145@sdg.dra.com> <rdippold.711661229@cancun> <mtpins.711668470@icaen.uiowa.edu> <14kv1kINNg06@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System) Organization: University of Washington Lines: 16