Re: Pronunciation of "FAQ"

Lloyd Wood (L.H.Wood@student.lut.ac.uk)
Tue, 26 Jul 94 20:36:18 BST

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>But Usenet English was never primarily a spoken dialect...
>
> - Aliza, actually somewhat serious.

So how did they decide that CompuServe's Graphic Interchange Format was
pronounced 'jiff' and not 'Gif'?

And why do so many people correct me when I say 'Gif'?

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