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Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America discuss rapidly dropping rates in illegal immigration across the southern border. They also reproach Illinois state representatives - especially Republicans - for agreeing to tax hikes instead of dealing with major fiscal problems. And they question CNN's decision to intimidate an anonymous Reddit user over the controversial GIF President Trump re-tweeted on Sunday. To finish off the day, they criticize the History Channel for concluding what happened to Amelia Earhart based largely on one photograph.
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"Take that, Jonah!"
Indeed. I am happy to hear that Jim is wearing pants and hope we can say the same of Greg.
Happy birthday, Jim.
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I should note that the pronunciation of an acronym has nothing to do with the pronunciation of the words that make it up.
If it did, "laser" (light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation) would be pronounced "lah-seer", "scuba" (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus) would be pronounced "skub-ah", "AIDS" (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)would be "uh-eeds", "NASA" (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) would be "nay-sah", etc.
An acronym is pronounced either by reciting the letters, or as a new word, completely independent of the origin of the component letters.
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Thank you, Peter. Choosy Interneters choose gif.
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As a technical writer I run into the question a lot. I asked the software developers, all of whom said it was either JIF or hard-G GIF.
I prefer JIF because in Latin-derived English, the G is soft before a frontal vowel (E, I).
Actually, I prefer writing, because then the issue of pronunciation doesn't come up, except with acronyms/initialisms that start with a vowel sound. It's "a URL" but "an LDAP server."
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