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From: barry@eos.UUCP (Kenn Barry)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: GIF pronuciation
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Date: 21 Mar 89 06:22:37 GMT
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In article <2006@mace.cc.purdue.edu> akc@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Bruce Cox) writes:
>I was just wondering on the pronunciation of GIF.  A friend of mine says
>it as Jif (like the peanut butter) and I say it as G-if (with a guh sound).

	Per the docs, your friend is right. Personally I always call it
G-I-F, even so.

						Kayembee