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I've always pronounced it, and heard it pronounced: Guh-noo.
Like the animal, which is the GNU logo.
Jared
On Monday 24 June 2002 08:13, Stefan Jahnke wrote:
> Hi mkb125
>
> AFAIK, it is silent, as in Gnome ;).
> And as I was told, it's pronounced almost
> like the American way of pronouncing "new".
> So I guess it's supposed to be a word play,
> even though it's old software ;).
>
> Have a nice and sunny day ... at work,
> Stefan
>
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> Von: mkb [mailto:mkb125_at_yahoo.com]
> Gesendet: Montag, 24. Juni 2002 16:38
> An: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Betreff: OT: GNU or [G]NU (Pronunciation of...)
>
>
> Ok, how is this pronounced? Is the G in GNU slient or
> not?
>
> mkb
>
>
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