[Coco] Coco3 GIF viewer demonstrated

[Dave Philipsen]

Maybe some people pronounce it with a hard 'G' because they know the 
acronym stands for "Graphics Interchange Format" and the 'G' is hard in 
"Graphics"!  Could it be that simple?

Dave



On 3/5/2018 9:15 AM, 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.
>
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>
> 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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