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Article #160Re: Pronouncing GNU (was Re: New York Times article on BBS's)
From: Vadim Antonov
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 20:51
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 20:51
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In article <Jul.24.22.40.29.1992.17740@pilot.njin.net> pfaffman@pilot.njin.net (Jay Pfaffman) writes:
>Some official GNU doc that I read suggested that the G be pronounced,
>"to avoid horrible confusion." I've always said GNU (one syllable),
>although Gee New could work too.
In Russian "gnu" (as gg-n-oo) is a verb meaning "{i} fold/curve/twist"
and the common derivative is "gnutaya programma" -- a {GNU} programm
which is not "straight". How applicable to GNU! :-)
--vadim
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