Re: Pronouncing GNU (was Re: New York Times article on BBS's)

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From: Matthew J. D'Errico
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 17:43

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In article <Jul.24.22.40.29.1992.17740@pilot.njin.net> pfaffman@pilot.njin.net (Jay Pfaffman) writes:
>hobbit@ac.dal.ca 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.

I say always go with the "official" word...  The good folks at GNU who
bring us lots of great *free* software, all yield to their founder and
say "GuhNew"...  Remember that "GNU" is an acronym (GNU's Not Unix), so
it's very proper to enounce the "G"...

BTW -- the "official" document you refer to is the original charter which
is in a form of a "README" file distributed with most GNU libs...

Cheers...

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Subject: Re: Pronouncing GNU (was Re: New York Times article on BBS's)
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