RMS, Free software and the Ubuntu CDs

Wisely Koh wiselykoh at gmail.com
Sun Jul 2 09:44:46 UTC 2006


from gnu.org -

"GNU is pronouced as guh-noo, like canoe."



On 7/2/06, Alexander Skwar <listen at alexander.skwar.name> wrote:
> Mario Vukelic wrote:
> > On Sun, 2006-07-02 at 11:07 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> >>
> >> What's that "guh-new" thing you keep talking about? Gnu? Why don't
> >> you simply say so?
> >
> > Americans often like to spell it "guh-new" to make clear it's pronounced
> > with an audible G. A word spelled gnu would otherwise be pronounced like
> > "new" by many
>
> Ah. Now I understand. That's not the way it's pronunced in German.
> It's rather a "gnuh". I don't know how to explain it. In German,
> it's also not "new" but just "nu". Can't explain it.
>
> Alexander Skwar
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