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Article #236Re: Pronouncing GNU (was Re: New York Times article on BBS's)
From: neil j.cherry
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 14:05
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 14:05
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In article <1992Jul29.143929.18879@wraxall.inmos.co.uk> des@frogland.inmos.co.uk (David Shepherd) writes: >In article <Jul.24.22.40.29.1992.17740@pilot.njin.net>, pfaffman@pilot.njin.net (Jay Pfaffman) writes: >>hobbit@ac.dal.ca writes: >> >>>What I'm curious about, is how do you folks pronounce 'GNU'? [...] > >"i'm a Gnu, i'm a Gnu [...] > >where the G's indicate a pronounced G. i've forgotten >what animal the <??> is and i think i've also missed out >a couple of lines ... but you get the general idea. > > (Not picking on Dave) I took electronics because I couldn't speak English. I then branched off into Computers because I didn't have to worry about English. I now can not speak English correctly, so I don't care how we pro-nunce anythin'! I got me a moe-deem (care of Dune) and use G N U M acks (emacs). So since I ain't no English major, I ain't gonna care, is I. [Take that with tongue in cheek, you stupid english people!] ;-} NJC
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Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbfsb!cbnewsg.cb.att.com!ncherry From: ncherry@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (neil j.cherry) Subject: Re: Pronouncing GNU (was Re: New York Times article on BBS's) Message-ID: <1992Jul30.140559.20124@cbfsb.cb.att.com> Sender: news@cbfsb.cb.att.com Organization: AT&T References: <1992Jul24.165041.6652@ac.dal.ca> <Jul.24.22.40.29.1992.17740@pilot.njin.net> <1992Jul29.143929.18879@wraxall.inmos.co.uk> Distribution: usa Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 14:05:59 GMT Lines: 27