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How do you pronounce it?

by barbecue_sauce 7y ago

inflatableDodo 7y ago
Gnupolitik.
- DoreenMichele 7y ago
  Do you have a source? I can't find one, but have seen at least one instance with an umlaut over the second o, suggesting something more akin to "new-o-politik" to my mind, which would fit somewhat with long o ancient Greek stuff I remember from taking Greek in college long ago and far away.
  - inflatableDodo 7y ago
    Very sorry, was making a silly joke, not providing useful pronounciation.
    - DoreenMichele 7y ago
      Thank you.
      - inflatableDodo 7y ago
        Is one of those words I have almost never heard pronounced. And on the rare occaisions I have, it is by people who are similarly unsure of the correct pronunciation.
        DoreenMichele 7y ago
        But you probably have heard similar words, such as nootropics. That word gets pronounced "new-o-tropics." Classic Greek "long o" is literally a long o. The sound is drawn out at length. So it seems likely to me this is pronounced similar to nootropics.
        inflatableDodo 7y ago
        My personal guess, but not an informed one, was to just rhyme it with 'moo'.
      - dane-pgp 7y ago
        To be fair, asking for the "source" for "Gnupolitik" (GNU/Politik?) is a great reply, even if you didn't get the joke.
        DoreenMichele 7y ago
        I still don't get the joke. Feel free to explain if you are feeling so inclined.
        dane-pgp 7y ago
        The joke I'm imagining is based on a mental association I have with the acronym "GNU", which is used by The GNU Project: https://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.en.html https://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.en.html The group behind that project support the idea that people who use software should have access to the source code of that software, and therefore requesting the "source" is an action they would encourage. They are also responsible for individual pieces of software with names like "GNU Emacs": https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ Hopefully this information proves interesting and useful to someone, and I haven't merely made a silly joke less funny by explaining it.
        acct1771 7y ago
        Genuinely surprised you've hung out here so long and haven't picked up on GNU/open source software talk. This should leapfrog you in that specific direction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_free_and_open-source_software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_free_and_open-sourc...
        DoreenMichele 7y ago
        I know what Gnu/open source is. I got that it was a reference to that. That doesn't really clarify "the joke" for me. I don't see how that's a joke.
  - coldtea 7y ago
    new-o-politic, or no-o(h)-politic both would be good.
azernik 7y ago
Nu-oh-politics. (Snobs will spell it noöpolitics)
coldtea 7y ago
no-oh-politics (or no-os-politics). Like the term of yore, no-o-sphere (the sphere of the mind/intellect) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noosphere https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noosphere

How do you pronounce it?

inflatableDodo 7y ago

Gnupolitik.

DoreenMichele 7y ago
Do you have a source? I can't find one, but have seen at least one instance with an umlaut over the second o, suggesting something more akin to "new-o-politik" to my mind, which would fit somewhat with long o ancient Greek stuff I remember from taking Greek in college long ago and far away.
- inflatableDodo 7y ago
  Very sorry, was making a silly joke, not providing useful pronounciation.
  - DoreenMichele 7y ago
    Thank you.
    - inflatableDodo 7y ago
      Is one of those words I have almost never heard pronounced. And on the rare occaisions I have, it is by people who are similarly unsure of the correct pronunciation.
      - DoreenMichele 7y ago
        But you probably have heard similar words, such as nootropics. That word gets pronounced "new-o-tropics." Classic Greek "long o" is literally a long o. The sound is drawn out at length. So it seems likely to me this is pronounced similar to nootropics.
        inflatableDodo 7y ago
        My personal guess, but not an informed one, was to just rhyme it with 'moo'.
    - dane-pgp 7y ago
      To be fair, asking for the "source" for "Gnupolitik" (GNU/Politik?) is a great reply, even if you didn't get the joke.
      - DoreenMichele 7y ago
        I still don't get the joke. Feel free to explain if you are feeling so inclined.
        dane-pgp 7y ago
        The joke I'm imagining is based on a mental association I have with the acronym "GNU", which is used by The GNU Project: https://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.en.html https://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.en.html The group behind that project support the idea that people who use software should have access to the source code of that software, and therefore requesting the "source" is an action they would encourage. They are also responsible for individual pieces of software with names like "GNU Emacs": https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ Hopefully this information proves interesting and useful to someone, and I haven't merely made a silly joke less funny by explaining it.
        acct1771 7y ago
        Genuinely surprised you've hung out here so long and haven't picked up on GNU/open source software talk. This should leapfrog you in that specific direction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_free_and_open-source_software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_free_and_open-sourc...
        DoreenMichele 7y ago
        I know what Gnu/open source is. I got that it was a reference to that. That doesn't really clarify "the joke" for me. I don't see how that's a joke.
- coldtea 7y ago
  new-o-politic, or no-o(h)-politic both would be good.

azernik 7y ago

Nu-oh-politics. (Snobs will spell it noöpolitics)

coldtea 7y ago

no-oh-politics (or no-os-politics). Like the term of yore, no-o-sphere (the sphere of the mind/intellect) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noosphere https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noosphere