Re: mozilla pronunciation

Mark E. Shoulson <mark at kli dot org> wrote:

> Mozilla rhymes with Godzilla, though the first vowel is a long o.

Then it doesn't really rhyme with Godzilla, does it?

> I always pronounce GIF as /gIf/, that is, with a hard G, though pretty
> much everyone else in the world says it /dZIf/, with a soft G, and
> indeed that may even be somehow the "official" pronunciation.

I've read that it "should" be pronounced /dZIf/ with a soft G. I nod my
head and say, "hmm, that's nice," and go on pronouncing it /gIf/ with a
hard G.

PNG is ping.

-Doug Ewell
Fullerton, California
http://users.adelphia.net/~dewell/