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Joe Fawcett scripsit:
> The official pronunciation of 'gnu' is 'nu' according to both Collins and
> the concise OED. Pronouncing the 'g' started as a bit of a joke and has now
> spread.
Oh yes. But the pronunciation of "GNU", as in "GNU Manifesto" or "GNU
operating system' or "GNU/Linux", always sounds the G. (Use of a
click is entirely optional.)
Similarly, the first syllable of "Linux" is either "Lynn" or "Leen",
although the normal rules of English spelling (such as they are)
would make it "Line".
--
John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com www.reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan
"The exception proves the rule." Dimbulbs think: "Your counterexample proves
my theory." Latin students think "'Probat' means 'tests': the exception puts
the rule to the proof." But legal historians know it means "Evidence for an
exception is evidence of the existence of a rule in cases not excepted from."
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