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From:	Sam Edge <sam_edgeZZZ AT hotmail DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: How do you pronounce GCC and Cygwin?
Date:	Fri, 03 May 2002 12:53:17 +0100
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Mark Sheppardwrote in
<F239CD897B4CD611825600508BE70AC212ABD3 AT FRUITMACHINE DOT brighton DOT climax DOT co DOT uk>
in gmane.os.cygwin on Fri, 3 May 2002 11:15:05 +0100:

> I normally pronounce it with a long "i" sound (s-eye-gwin, as
> in cyclops or cycle), although I've heard others pronounce it
> with a short "i" sound (as in signal) as Cliff seems to.  He
> doesn't speak for the entire country as I'm in England too!

I think the short-i sound is more appropriate since the "cy" part
comes from Cygnus.

> I can't see how you could pronounce GCC other than saying the
> individual letters so I'm not sure why the original poster
> asks about that.

You could possibly pronounce it as the contracted expletive "Jeez!"
;-)

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Sam Edge

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