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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,
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grep '^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".
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From: Gerald L. Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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
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 "jr
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> Subject: Re: [OT} How to pronounce GIF (was: Re: How to
> pronounce MyISAM and InnoDB)
>
> 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 &
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".
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