Post #2564246
2025-12-17 21:41 UTC
Well, I dont wanna start a debate, but the official website of GNU indicate that the "g" in GNU isn't silent.
So it depends on whether you want to pronounce it "properly" or as it was intended.
> The name “GNU” is a recursive acronym for “GNU's Not Unix!”; it is pronounced as one syllable with a hard g, like “grew” but with the letter n instead of r.
https://www.gnu.org/gnu/pronunciation.en.html
Replies (2)
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@Zacryon@feddit.org 2025-12-18 09:27
gnew?
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@merc@sh.itjust.works 2025-12-18 05:19
> Well, I dont wanna start a debate, but the official website of GNU indicate that the "g" in GNU isn't silent. Yeah, but that's wrong. It's named after the animal, and the animal is pronounced without a G sound. I'm not going to mangle the pronunciation because they screwed up.