--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, Michael Everson <everson@...> wrote:

> At 15:57 -0800 2004-12-31, Doug Ewell wrote:
>
> >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.
>
> The "g" is for "graphic" is it not? Not "giraffic"? Then it must

be

> /gIf/ and /dZIf/ is just crap sugary American peanut butter.
> --
> Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com

UNICEF /s/, not /tS/ - 'children's
CITES /s/, not /k/ - 'convention'
GATT /g/, not /dZ/ = 'general'.

Richard.