Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: GNU Date: 5 Mar 2026 02:41:09 GMT Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <10oa11n$36k3e$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net E8Omrox43pJUZaPD8Qi7RQANEeMzdxDZ/5LOEBtoOTAvQ1R/iA Cancel-Lock: sha1:xkEG89LwSOdYzRAOGfeJAYJ9I58= sha256:SrKXaZLmds+2jFT4xGuR0stsuvk3XCBH8Ehh8oT45ow= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:82404 On Wed, 4 Mar 2026 20:57:49 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote: > On 2026-03-04 20:26, Jason H wrote: >> On 03/03/2026 06:54, rbowman wrote: >>> Odd question at this point but how do you say 'GNU'? I was watching a >>> Lunduke video where he was bitching about Ubuntu's apparent attempt to >>> push Rust and was reading from a Ubuntu VP's statement. The first >>> encounter with GNU he definitely said G-N-U but later times it still >>> sounded like he was saying the letters. At one point he said F-A-Q but >>> later said 'fak'. >>> >>> Is that a Lunduke thing? I've always said it as in 'if you knew what >>> the gnu knew'  with sort of a tongue flip on the G, same as with GNOME >>> although sometimes I almost drop the G completely. >>> >>> As far as the video, he did have a point. Apparently they want to >>> rewrite ls and other tools that have worked well for decades with >>> Rust, while admitting some of the fringe uses may break. The VP also >>> told the developers to stop using Python and use Rust, sternly worded >>> memo to follow. >> >> I've pronounced it as Guh-noo for as long as I can remember. > > I never had to pronounce it :-) Other than Stallman few people ever had. It falls in the category of those words that, despite knowing their meaning, you do not use in conversation to avoid sounding like a moron. 'segue' comes to mind...