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From: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
To: mikadoZero <mikadozero@yandex.com>
Cc: Guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Guix pronunciation
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 19:51:19 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190311235119.GA25428@jasmine.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <y35mu2po.fsf@yandex.com>

On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 12:13:55PM -0400, mikadoZero wrote:
> I think the confusion around the pronunciation of GIF would probably be
> a worst case scenario.

Non-techies rarely discuss JPEGs or PNGs, while 'GIF' is a cultural
phenomenon.

How to pronounce GIF? Everyone has an opinion on this and it does not
require any technical knowledge.

'GIF' has come to mean 'a short moving image on a computer'. I think
it's a great success. A harmless controversy can be endearing :)

  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-03-11 23:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-03-10 16:13 Guix pronunciation mikadoZero
2019-03-10 17:20 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2019-03-11  2:45   ` mikadoZero
2019-03-11 22:32     ` George Clemmer
2019-03-10 17:21 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2019-03-12 12:48   ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-12 13:05     ` Laura Lazzati
2019-03-12 13:12       ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-03-12 13:21         ` Laura Lazzati
2019-03-13 14:10       ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-13 15:08         ` Laura Lazzati
2019-03-15  1:10       ` mikadoZero
2019-03-10 17:51 ` sirgazil
2019-03-11  1:43   ` mikadoZero
2019-03-11 21:26   ` Laura Lazzati
2019-03-11 21:06 ` L p R n d n
2019-03-11 23:51 ` Leo Famulari [this message]
2019-03-12  4:52 ` Leo Famulari

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