[Coco] Coco3 GIF viewer demonstrated

[Lee]

Sorry, I didn't mean to cause that much of a reaction by mentioning
pronunciation variations.  :|

On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 11:46 AM, John W. Linville <linville at tuxdriver.com>
wrote:

> I gotta say, this seems like a bit of an overreaction. Have a
> Snickers? ;-)
>
> John
>
> On Mon, Mar 05, 2018 at 03:15:55PM +0000, rietveld rietveld wrote:
> > I guess I am one of those n00b's.    I apologize for using this group as
> a tool to improve my coco skill set. Clearly I offended your greatness with
> my shear ignorance.
> >
> > Sent from my BlackBerry Passport Red Edition.
> >   Original Message
> > From: John W. Linville
> > Sent: Monday, March 5, 2018 10:00 AM
> > To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> > Reply To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> > Subject: Re: [Coco] Coco3 GIF viewer demonstrated
> >
> >
> > And there was virtually no argument about it for 20+ years. In fact,
> > using the 'hard G' pronunciation was a mark of a complete n00b for
> > most in the BBS/Internet world.
> >
> > Then some self-important hipster types rediscovered the format
> > and adopted it for its ability to show animations. Shockingly, the
> > coffee swilling bearded ones couldn't be bothered to learn how to
> > pronounce it...
> >
> > John
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 05, 2018 at 08:33:07AM -0600, James Jones wrote:
> > > That would include the people at CompuServe who created the format.
> > > http://www.olsenhome.com/gif/ for details.
> > >
> > > On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 8:19 AM, Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I know that there are two ways to pronounce it. There is a peanut
> butter
> > > > that is named JIF. Obviously, it is pronounced with the J or soft G
> sound.
> > > > Therefore, it seems reasonable to assume that GIF would be
> pronounced with
> > > > the hard G sound. That said, there will always be those that insist
> it
> > > > should be pronounced with a soft G.
> > > >
> > > > Wayne
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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