Re: Pronunciation of "FAQ"

mathew (mathew@mantis.co.uk)
27 Jul 1994 14:21:37 +0100

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In article <9407261936.AA29920@hpl.lut.ac.uk>,
Lloyd Wood <L.H.Wood@student.lut.ac.uk> wrote:
>>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'?

I've only ever heard one person say it as "jiff" rather than "giff",
and he was American, so he doesn't count.

mathew

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