Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: 31 Mar 2026 22:04:21 GMT Lines: 11 Message-ID: References: <10pe83m$3rg2l$1@dont-email.me> <10ppr5m$3m2br$1@dont-email.me> <10pr6gg$2t5v$1@dont-email.me> <10pv2af$1eb4h$2@dont-email.me> <87zf3wx1jt.fsf@parhasard.net> <10pvhqb$1j2vg$1@dont-email.me> <1rsjtwr.9h8wo7a6jjujN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10q2o7j$nr7l$1@news1.tnib.de> <1rsostx.1fumdje1pdrftiN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <1rsoqz0.19zzbh71ebfb7bN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <18a11176d0ed8bfb$1717$2710841$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <69c92049$0$2516$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <874ilyvjxf.fsf@parhasard.net> <10qc85j$1silm$33@dont-email.me> <10qgj2j$3aete$18@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net ngCevaAqaOD+WBpcuEBjnQDgfxOcMPZ46vSOmjeILGQusG3f3p Cancel-Lock: sha1:LG2qjY8pxmxMGmUm9OafGe3u7bI= sha256:wiFl54Sw/c+lEhfqpkN8WeDa3ZrzvmgDBGqS8wM+YcQ= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84936 alt.usage.english:1141879 On Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:43:47 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 31/03/2026 13:08, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> >> I do the US pronunciation. > Italian, Spainish and American are all the same, Britain is the > exception - is very 'Dutchified' and is how Germans pronounce it How do you pronounce 'Adidas', the shoe company? The US pronunciation is Ah-dee-does. It's a German company started by Adolf (Adi) Dassler so a German might be puzzled by what an American was talking about.