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whaaat? i pronounce the g in gnu ("guh-new" but short, more like g'new). Google now tells me that's wrong. I guess Gary Gnu on the Great Space Coaster led me
by finnh 5y ago
whaaat? i pronounce the g in gnu ("guh-new" but short, more like g'new).
Google now tells me that's wrong.
I guess Gary Gnu on the Great Space Coaster led me wrong in my formative years.
- lioeters 5y agoThe Wikipedia page on GNU shows the "g" is pronounced. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/En-gnu.ogg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/En-gnu.o... ..Unless you mean "gnu" as in the animal, then it's like "new" (which I didn't know before).
- toast0 5y ago> Google now tells me that's wrong. Google is not an authoritative source on pronouncing words in English. In fact, there are no authoritative sources on pronouncing words in English. There are references for common usages, but anything that is mutually intellegable is not wrong, even if it's not common usage or listed in the references. Plenty of people pronounce the g, and plenty of people would know what you mean if you said I graphed this with g'new plot, and not if you said you graphed it with new plot. So, I for one, would prefer if you countinue to voice the g.
- finnh 5y agoYeah, I'm gonna stick with it. I've never heard _anyone_ pronounce GNU as "new", so my mind was fairly blown. Sibling comment to yours helpfully points out the "new" pronunciation is only for the animal, not the open source initiative. Either way, I blame Gary Gnu. Or maybe I thank him, for getting me ahead of the curve on pronouncing GNU.