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Re: pronunciation of MIME

2003-02-09 19:51:43

Keith Moore wrote:
What is the official pronunciation of MIME
a) as the English word "mime"
b) as spelled out, i.e. emm eye emm eee
c) other?

Nathaniel thought it up and used (a) from the outset. And so have I. I've
heard it spelled out a couple of times, but only a couple.


The MIME acronym was specifically chosen to be pronouncable.
Keith

In that case, I suspect that in RFC 2047 section 3

   the character set names allowed in an MIME "charset" parameter of a

should be

   the character set names allowed in a MIME "charset" parameter of a




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