Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!dptg!ulysses!andante!mit-eddie!mintaka!olivea!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!cci632!sz From: sz@cci632.UUCP (Stephen Zehl) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: Gif Message-ID: <41073@cci632.UUCP> Date: 19 Oct 90 12:59:08 GMT References: <40974@cci632.UUCP> <112100011@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: sz@cci632.UUCP (Stephen Zehl) Organization: Computer Consoles Inc. an STC Company, Rochester, NY Lines: 66 In article <112100011@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> cgw21008@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > >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 Thanks to everyone who sent me e-mail on this, and for the rest of you who were as confused as I on this issue (Chris, Fred, and others) I've attached the collection of e-mails I received explaining the answer. Thanks again, take care. Steve. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Date: Thu, 18 Oct 90 10:14:41 -0400 From: Pierce Krouse Organization: Ohio State University Computer and Information Science It's pronounced like the peanut butter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ccicpg!uunet!ucsd!nprdc!malloy (Sean Malloy) Organization: Navy Personnel R&D Center, San Diego Choosy hackers choose 'jif'! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) Sean Malloy | American Non Sequitur Society Navy Personnel Research & Development Center | San Diego, CA 92152-6800 | "We may not make sense, malloy@nprdc.navy.mil | but we do like pizza." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 18 Oct 90 12:37:02 EDT From: ccicpg!uunet!eniac.seas.upenn.edu!mfontana (Mark A Fontana) Organization: University of Pennsylvania According to a friend of mine who works at Compu$erve in Columbus, OH, "GIF" is pronounced "jif", as in the brand of peanut butter. - Mark Fontana mfontana@eniac.seas.upenn.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 18 Oct 90 16:44:25 CST From: Chowder Head According to a file I got from Compu$erve, GIF is pronounced like jif (jiffy). Shawn Grover groversh@mwk.uucp the m. w. kellogg company ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CCCC CCCC IIII Stephen Zehl Internet: cci632!sz@cs.rochester.EDU CC CC II Computer Consoles. Inc. or CC CC II Rochester, New York. Usenet: rutgers!rochester!cci632!sz CCCC CCCC IIII DISCLAIMER: I speak for myself, not for my employer.