[Coco] Coco3 GIF viewer demonstrated

[John W. Linville]

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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