Re: Thanks, John...

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From: Paul Jarc
Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 15:01

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"Ken Alverson" <Ken@Alverson.com> writes:
> Is it just me, or is the whole gnu gnamigng scheme really freakigng
> irritatigng?

Well, it's no longer imaginative, anyway.

> Especially signce the "right" (hah) way to prognougnce all the gnu
> gnames is to egnugnciate the 'g', whegn the 'g' in gnu proper is
> silegnt.

The G in GNU is not silent.  C-h C-p says so:
#    To avoid horrible confusion, please pronounce the `G' in the word
# `GNU' when it is the name of this project.

That's *why* it's pronounced in all the other names, I figure.

paul

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From: prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc)
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Subject: Re: Thanks, John...
Date: 07 May 2001 11:01:23 -0400
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