[Coco] Coco3 GIF viewer demonstrated

[Lee]

BTW, rietveld, the way you pronounced it is the way I hear most people
nowadays pronouncing it.  Just because it's different from how I learned it
in the '80s doesn't mean it's wrong. :)

On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 12:21 PM, Lee <leep at tigerbase.com> wrote:

> 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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