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firefoxd
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Richard Stallman Explains [video]
Ok, 2 seconds in and I'm shocked. All my life I pronounced gnu as new, like Nutella.
dllthomas
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The name of the animal has a silent g. In software that would be a bit too confusing, though. "Do you use <nu> make?" "N-E-W or G-N-U?"
lsh
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Do you pronounce Nutella "Nu-tella" or "Nut-ella" ?
FWIW, I pronounce 'GNU' as 'nu'.
champagnepapi
on Aug 10, 2017
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The only reason as to why I pronounce "GNU" with a 'g' sound is because of Richard Stallman. Otherwise, I use the silent 'g'.
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There's a p2p network called gnutella. It's not associated with GNU. It gets confusing.
imron
on Aug 10, 2017
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He appears to pronounce it newtella.
firefoxd
on Aug 10, 2017
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Nu-tella, though i don't have an american accent.
gschier
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Don't forget g-nome too!
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