<div dir="ltr">Them's fightin' words, Damien.<div>I bet you're the kind of person who must still write "internet" with a capital "I" and insist on typing "www." in front of URLs. Grrr.</div><div><br><div><div>The man behind GIF - <b>Steve Wilhite</b> - is a programmer, not a lexicologist. </div><div>As Diana said, the "G" in "GIF" stands for "Graphic". It's a hard "G".</div><div>Steve W probably also says "arks" instead of "ask." - and we know what sort of people THEY are.</div></div><div>Steve also must have described himself as a "projrammer.".</div><div><br></div><div>I'll meet you in the alley out the back of the internet and we'll sort this out.<br></div><div>Fists only. No knives, bats, chains or juns.</div><div><ul><li><a href="http://howtoreallypronouncegif.com/">http://howtoreallypronouncegif.com/</a><br></li><li><a href="https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/05/the-creator-of-the-gif-says-its-pronounced-jif-he-is-wrong/">https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/05/the-creator-of-the-gif-says-its-pronounced-jif-he-is-wrong/</a><br></li><li><a href="http://mashable.com/2014/07/16/how-to-say-gif/#AgNturAHLsqq">http://mashable.com/2014/07/16/how-to-say-gif/#AgNturAHLsqq</a><br></li><li>(NSFW) <a href="http://theoatmeal.com/comics/gif">http://theoatmeal.com/comics/gif</a><br></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iafa959JvY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iafa959JvY</a><br></li></ul></div><div>:-)</div><div><br></div><div>Mark</div><div><br></div><div>P.S. When I'm president, I will deport anyone who says "carstle" or "grarf".</div><div>JIFsayers will not be so lucky.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 29 May 2017 at 13:51, ATKINSON-BUCK, Damien <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Damien.ATKINSON-BUCK@ivanhoe.com.au" target="_blank">Damien.ATKINSON-BUCK@ivanhoe.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Diana HATCH<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 29 May 2017 12:37 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Year 11 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List <<a href="mailto:yr11it@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">yr11it@edulists.com.au</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Yr11 Information Technology] GIF turns 30<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div class="gmail-h5">
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