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| From | Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> |
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| Subject | Re: The GIF Is Dead. Long Live the GIF. |
| Date | 30 Aug 2016 10:16:41 GMT |
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On 2016-08-30, The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 08/29/2016 01:59 PM, Larry Sheldon wrote:
>> On 8/29/2016 15:37, Rich wrote:
>>> Larry Sheldon <lfsheldon@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 8/29/2016 08:09, Ian McCall wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> That's all technical. GIF is in resurgence, because it's an actual
>>>>> cultural thing now. My kids know what a GIF is (even if they can't
>>>>> believe the correct pronunciation),
>>>>
>>>> Never thought about the pronunciation--I wonder of I sound like a
>>>> dunce--would be a shame because I met the man* that invented the
>>>> algorithm--attended several engineering-grade lectures on how it worked
>>>> (in a magnetic tape context).
>>>
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIF#Pronunciation
>>
>> "Steve Wilhite says that the intended pronunciation deliberately echoes
>> the American peanut butter brand Jif, ..."
>
> Then he should have spelled it properly. Believe it or not, there are
> actual rules that actually work.
Precisely.
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