RE: Do choosy mothers choose GIF?

Subject: RE: Do choosy mothers choose GIF?
From: Kim Roper <kim -dot- roper -at- pixelink -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 11:35:36 -0400


Mike Stockman wrote:

> Not to reply with "RTFM" or anything on this list (of all
> places), but a
> quick Google search found, among other hits, a well-reasoned
> explanation
> with historical support, which is all I need to know...
>
> <http://www.holt.org/pronounce.html>

Considering that we're dickering over whether the pronunciation of GIF more
resembles peanut butter or a camelopard, I feel compelled to point out that
Mike's approach is not RTFM, but STFW.

(My peeps know what I mean when I use a hard G; it's unambiguous, it's
understood, and that's what matters to me. YMMV.)

Sláinte ... Kim
kim.roper at pixelink.com
http://www.pixelink.com/

The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose
from.
-- Andrew S. Tanenbaum


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