From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leo Famulari Subject: Re: Guix pronunciation Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 19:51:19 -0400 Message-ID: <20190311235119.GA25428@jasmine.lan> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:53801) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h3Uhk-0000sa-Qs for Guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Mar 2019 19:51:37 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h3Uhh-0000DG-3F for Guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Mar 2019 19:51:34 -0400 Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.26]:54265) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h3Uhb-00007S-SD for Guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Mar 2019 19:51:30 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: mikadoZero Cc: Guix-devel@gnu.org 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 :)