[xubuntu-users] how do you pronounce xubuntu?

[Danny Taylor]

I can't see where on that web page it shows the correct pronunciation of
xubuntu?

Danny.

2009/5/3 Charlie Kravetz <cjk at teamcharliesangels.com>

> On Sun, 3 May 2009 22:33:23 +1000
> Andrew Barnett <andrewjbarnett at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I've been pronouncing it as ZooBuntu.
> >
> > At least I don't pronounce it like Paul Thurrott from Windows Weekly
> > with Leo Laporte, he pronounced it X-buntu
> >
> > My 2c for the day.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Andrew
> >
> >
> >
> > > Message: 2
> > > Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 22:49:08 +0800
> > > From: Frank Tao <solotim.cn at gmail.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] how do you pronounce xubuntu?
> > > To: xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> > > Message-ID: <20090502224908.2f991991 at frank-laptop>
> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
> > >
> > > I prefer ZooBuntu.
> > > On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:51:37 +0100
> > > Marko Oreskovic <markoresko at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Pasi Lallinaho wrote:
> > >> > Matthew Young wrote:
> > >> >> how do you pronounce xubuntu?
> > >> >>
> > >> >
> > >> > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=387144
> > >> >
> > >> > The *ksu-buntu* version suits my mouth best. I totally think that
> > >> > ..
> > >> >
> > >> > I'd like people to use the *ksu-buntu* or *zoo-buntu* forms.
> > >>
> > >> Hah, I always used ksu-buntu, at least on local-level :)
> > >>
> > >> If it is English default zoo-buntu,
> > >> that`s ok with me :)
> > >>
>
> Okay, once again, this seems to be a popular subject. The pronunciation
> of Xubuntu is exactly the same as Ubuntu with a "z" in front of it. The
> correct pronunciation of Xubuntu is "zoo-BOON-too" with the leading "x"
> pronounced as a "z". This follows the same rules as "xylophone", a
> musical instrument which is never pronounced "ksylofone", but rather,
> always "zylofone".
>
> For more information about this, please see the official documentation
> at https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/about-ubuntu/C/about-ubuntu-name.html .
>
> Thank you for your interest in getting this pronunciation correct.
>
>
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