From: kagenin AT usa DOT net (Kagenin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Two dumb (but vital) questions
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 00:38:32 GMT
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DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> was feeling all groovy on Tue, 23 Mar 1999
13:33:20 -0500 when they posted 
:
>
>> Is GNU pronounced GEE-new or guh-NEW?
>
>Well, if you can pronounce it with *no* vowel sounds between the
>G and the N, I think that would be right (is "sky" suh-ky or see-ky?)
>
>Failing that answer being helpful, I pronounce it like guh-new, with
>"g" as in grapes or goodness, but without the "uh" part.
>

I always pronounced it "noo", like the animal Gnu is named after.
That or "Jee En Yoo"

Kagenin
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