From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/52341 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jon Ericson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: [OT] Of the meaning of GNUS Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 13:36:40 -0700 Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Message-ID: <87llxlceqv.fsf@jpl.nasa.gov> References: <65orpvqy.fsf@asfast.com> <84n0i2etnm.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> <86wuh5mokh.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1052167043 14565 80.91.224.249 (5 May 2003 20:37:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 20:37:23 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+M884@lists.math.uh.edu Mon May 05 22:37:21 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19Cmhb-0003kW-00 for ; Mon, 05 May 2003 22:36:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 19Cmhr-0003OF-00; Mon, 05 May 2003 15:37:03 -0500 Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com ([64.157.176.121]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 19Cmhm-0003OA-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 05 May 2003 15:36:58 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 27826 invoked by alias); 5 May 2003 20:36:58 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 27821 invoked from network); 5 May 2003 20:36:58 -0000 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org (80.91.224.249) by sclp3.sclp.com with SMTP; 5 May 2003 20:36:58 -0000 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19CmgQ-0003es-00 for ; Mon, 05 May 2003 22:35:34 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Received: from news by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19CmgO-0003ea-00 for ; Mon, 05 May 2003 22:35:32 +0200 Original-Lines: 23 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.1001 (Gnus v5.10.1) XEmacs/21.4 (Native Windows TTY Support (Windows), cygwin32) X-Face: "Ro}i#1h*rV:tg+F.!]r/y,RDL'`*sc[_1LB'%*akh@LHbt,:gBJ/:2cS@:hpBLtYO)o3a; w3Tli`r,.jIZD-zR)p7:^V^}#Wz@.\av>O{!8S.h>lnL3eMT1",~EiISLm4rw/*qVW3xE#vj4}#Cq' 57,?HW3K-Hl.B+&{=>+e;R:J~'tJ*~fS*2n-G_8_5eS[w?#*JF~tj#~=zglo*\&YBS1&Zr2gP] Cancel-Lock: sha1:VX9EHk2bH9q4ZDpsOpS+km5pRQY= Precedence: bulk Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:52341 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:52341 wmperry@gnu.org (William M. Perry) writes: > The fundamental problem is the 'gnu' is not an english word, so I > would not trust their pronunciation. There are remarkable few English words if you don't count the ones we've burrowed. ;) >From an entirely practical standpoint, I find it imperative to pronounce the G in some fashion: Me (to our SysAdmin): Would you install Gnu make, please? SysAdmin: We already have the latest patches from Sun. Me: No. I mean G'nu make. Jon -- Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God." -- John 3:20-21 (NIV)