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Article #99Re: New York Times article on BBS's
From: Evan M. Simpson
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 05:54
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 05:54
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In article <medic.711862598@milton>, 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? This was discussed extensively, not long ago, with the apparent conclusion that the Compu$erve-official pronunciation is 'jif'. Despite this, many people (including myself) prefer 'gif' on the grounds that GIF stands for "Girls In Files". On an unrelated note: Anybody else out there play Wumpus on the KIM? With only a hex keypad and a four-LED display the KIM could still be loads of fun. -- Evan Simpson My .sig got stale, so I had to throw it out. Brown U. Math Dept. evan@gauss.math.brown.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!news.Brown.EDU!gauss.math.brown.edu!evan From: evan@gauss.math.brown.edu (Evan M. Simpson) Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: New York Times article on BBS's Date: 23 Jul 1992 05:54:04 GMT Organization: Brown University Math Department Lines: 16 Distribution: world Message-ID: <14lhhsINNls5@stanley.cis.Brown.EDU> References: <1992Jul20.080858.145@sdg.dra.com> <rdippold.711661229@cancun> <mtpins.711668470@icaen.uiowa.edu> <14kv1kINNg06@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> <medic.711862598@milton> NNTP-Posting-Host: gauss.math.brown.edu