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Free software has some glib naming conventions (feddit.uk)
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[-] rocnat@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

Well, I dont wanna start a debate, but the official website of GNU indicate that the "g" in GNU isn't silent.

So it depends on whether you want to pronounce it "properly" or as it was intended.

The name “GNU” is a recursive acronym for “GNU's Not Unix!”; it is pronounced as one syllable with a hard g, like “grew” but with the letter n instead of r.

https://www.gnu.org/gnu/pronunciation.en.html

[-] Zacryon@feddit.org 5 points 3 weeks ago

gnew?

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works -3 points 3 weeks ago

Well, I dont wanna start a debate, but the official website of GNU indicate that the "g" in GNU isn't silent.

Yeah, but that's wrong. It's named after the animal, and the animal is pronounced without a G sound. I'm not going to mangle the pronunciation because they screwed up.

[-] anguo@piefed.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

Depends on where you're from.

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