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Article #162Re: Pronouncing GNU (was Re: New York Times article on BBS's)
From: Paul Tomblin
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 16:46
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 16:46
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pfaffman@pilot.njin.net (Jay Pfaffman) writes:
>hobbit@ac.dal.ca writes:
>>What I'm curious about, is how do you folks pronounce 'GNU'?
>>'Nu' is proper (for the animal, anyway) but i've never heard anything
>>but 'ge-nu' used for the software.
>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.
I've always pronounced it the same way Flanders and Swan pronounce it in the
song "I'm a GNU", on thier album "At the Drop of a Hat".
I'm a G-Nu,
a g-nother G-Nu.
--
Paul Tomblin, pt@geovision.gvc.com or {uunet,revcan}!geovision!pt
(This is not an official opinion of GeoVision Systems Inc.)
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Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!torn!cunews!revcan!geovision!pt From: pt@geovision.gvc.com (Paul Tomblin) Subject: Re: Pronouncing GNU (was Re: New York Times article on BBS's) Message-ID: <1992Jul25.164602.1458@geovision.gvc.com> Reply-To: pt@geovision.gvc.com Organization: Not officially GeoVision Systems Inc., Ottawa, Ontario References: <rdippold.711661229@cancun> <mtpins.711668470@icaen.uiowa.edu> <14kv1kINNg06@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> <1992Jul23.184014.14135@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> <1992Jul24.165041.6652@ac.dal.ca> <Jul.24.22.40.29.1992.17740@pilot.njin.net> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 16:46:02 GMT Lines: 23