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Subject:Re: Do choosy mother mothers choose GIF? From:kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 24 Oct 2002 09:25:57 -0600
Of course, since the link Mike posted actually *agrees* with my choice of
pronunciation, I have to applaud his scholarship and documentation, and
amend any sarcasm in my previous post.
:)
And wow, I just noticed that I used the word mother twice in the subject.
That's weird.
Keith Cronin
Somebody stop me.
Or at least edit me.
> Mike 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>
>
>
> Because I know that many of us do not RTFM, I was posing a *survey*, not
> asking for the "right" pronunciation, but for the most popular. That's why
> I did not word my question to ask "what is the official way to pronounce
> GIF?"
>
> But then, I guess that means I'm replying with "RTFQ"... <g>
>
>
>
> Keith Cronin
> now, is it .jpg or .jpeg?
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