EXPLAIN: How is GNU Pronounced?
September 30, 2005 by Jon
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Of this there can be no doubt. It is pronouced “Guh-noo”.
Link to the Free Software Foundation’s explanation.
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Clair Ching
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Ahem, its an acronymn! It’s G-N-U!
Aka “large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail”.
Unless your wanting to impersonate the mascot?
Only then will I allow your “Guh-noo!”
“Guh-noo!” to you too.
Laff..it’s not up to me. RMS himself named it and you can see his *very* clear explanation at the FSF link above
I am curious about what you think it’s an acronym for?
Argh…I should read my own links before writing.
I agree – it’s a recursive acronym for ‘Guh-noo is Not Unix’. But that doesn’t change the pronounciation of GNU
I should have read that link too. lol.
I still think it should be G-N-U since we’re not talking about the animal…
I think they might be talking about the animal. The GNU appears to be their mascot.
What a tangled web…
Actually, if you read your link it says “it is pronounced g-noo, as one syllable with no vowel sound between the g and the n.”
So I don’t think “Guh-noo” is right either since it implies the vowel sound. No?