[Coco] . Gif

[L. Curtis Boyle]

John’s replay was the greatest gift of wordplay ever. May Jod be with him.
;-)

L. Curtis Boyle
curtisboyle at sasktel.net



> On Mar 24, 2022, at 9:10 AM, gene heskett <gheskett at shentel.net> wrote:
> 
> On Thursday, 24 March 2022 09:07:38 EDT John W. Linville wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 07:20:36AM -0400, Don Barber wrote:
>>> I really wonder if he was just trolling in that interview. Its
>>> Graphics Interchange Format, not Giraffe Interchange Format, so Jif
>>> just doesn't make sense.
>> 
>> There is no such rule for pronouncing acronyms. Perhaps if it was
>> "GRIF" or there were some other consonant after the G, but there
>> is not.
>> 
>> Now if you'll excuse me...my friend George, the giant giraffe, wants
>> a word -- he's a genius...
>> 
> Nice play on words there, John.
> 
> For me, the rule has always been what I was taught in phonics class. Does 
> anyone else even recall having those classes in school? You would have to 
> be at least my age of 87 to recall those as they quit teaching it a grade 
> behind me where I went to school for 8.5 grades in the early 1940's.
> 
> And I'll always think thats why the average high school grad today can't 
> read or write the daily fishwrap. Or make change w/o the cash register 
> doing it for him or her. :(>
> 
>> John
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> Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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