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I thought that was 'ecmascript' ??

It is, but everyone hates that and has no idea how to say it.

LOL - fair enough. Always sounded like a skin condition to me.. (I'm not a JS programmer though)

I'm so glad we're all in agreement regarding how to say "gif".

gift without t. ;)

Which was the original spelling of that word in Old English, which is why I've come to prefer the Old English pronunciation for gif: HYEEF.