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Subject: Re: Gif
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Date: 18 Oct 90 16:59:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!cgw21008    Oct 18 11:59:00 1990


I believe the correct pronunciation is "gif" as in "gift", since it
stands for "Graphics Interchange Format", and "Graphics" begins with
the same consonant sound as "gift."

A lot of people pronounce it "jif," though.

-Chris Wilson
-cwilson@uiuc.edu
"They laugh because they're untouchable, not because what I said was wrong."