[conspire] Word of the Year

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Paul Zander (paulz at ieee.org):

> What is the correct pronunciation?  I had always used a hard "G" as
> in "graphic".  The radio announcer said, "jif".  Which made me think
> of peanut butter.

And that's what the original developers at CompuServe in Columbus, OH
intended, back in dinosaur days.  http://www.olsenhome.com/gif/

In other news, Helsinki Swedish accents remain fashionable after 18 years
of worldwide popularity:
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/SillySounds/english.au
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/SillySounds/swedish.au