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- From: hucke@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Matt Hucke)
- Subject: Re: Pronouncing GNU (was Re: New York Times article on BBS's)
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- References: <1992Jul24.165041.6652@ac.dal.ca> <Jul.24.22.40.29.1992.17740@pilot.njin.net> <1hFXx0#7vwXbd0QlKOv2lrf5S6bkC9X=esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 22:15:23 GMT
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- In article <1hFXx0#7vwXbd0QlKOv2lrf5S6bkC9X=esr@snark.thyrsus.com> esr@snark.thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond) writes:
- >
- >The correct pronunciation (as heard from RMS's own lips) is monosyllabic,
- >but with a pronounced hard G; much as if one said "eggnog" withot the
- >initial /e/.
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- And without the "og"!
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