Way offoptic now.... How do you pronounce "gift"? :^)
$ egrep '^gif' /usr/share/dict/words gift gift's gifted gifting gifts To heck with the spec, all precedent in English says hard G. Next they'll tell us to pronounce "jpeg" as "gay-peg". -----Original Message----- From: Gerald L. Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 1:04 PM To: Brian Dunning Cc: mysql Subject: Re: [OT} How to pronounce GIF Brian Dunning wrote: > On Jan 7, 2007, at 4:23 PM, TK wrote: > >> In short, the original inventors of the GIF format (CompuServe, >> 1987) have always defined the pronunciation to be like "JIF." So, >> that has always been the "correct" pronunciation. > > > Sure, so I'll start pronouncing "graphics" as "jraphics". > > How do you pronounce "giraffe"? -- Gerald L. Clark Supplier Systems Corporation -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] INFORMATION IN THIS MESSAGE, INCLUDING ANY ATTACHMENTS, IS INTENDED FOR THE PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL USE OF THE INTENDED RECIPIENT(S) NAMED ABOVE. If you are not an intended recipient of this message, or an agent responsible for delivering it to an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this message in error, and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately, delete the message, and return any hard copy print-outs. This message has been scanned for viruses by McAfee's Groupshield. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
