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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Slightly off topic, but there's a review video linked in the article, in which the guy keeps pronouncing the G in Gnome with notable emphasis...

I always assumed it was silent?

EDIT: TIL

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

The was a GNOME FAQ that describes “guh-NOME” or IPA /ɡˈnəʊm/ as the official pronunciation, due to the emphasis of G as GNU. It does acknowledge that many pronounce it “NOME” or /nəʊm/: https://stuff.mit.edu/afs/athena/astaff/project/aui/html/pronunciation.html

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I know a few people including my university professor who call it gee-nome, I don't think there are particular reasons but it does emphasize the g from GNU as well as making an actual word.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

What is it with UN*X stuff and ridiculously wanky initialisms

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

He pronounces Gnome correctly. Quote from a reddit thread "A lot of people say "guh-nome", which I think is the official way to say it, in the same vein as GNU, which is supposed to be pronounced "guh-new"."

I may or may not prefer to pronounce it as the lawn ornament just for fun. 😉

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I assume it's a hard G as you also hear when people pronounce GNU.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

When you put it that way, it makes sense. However, it doesn't make me hate it any less.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

It's the same argument for GIF -- I don't give a flip what the inventor intended. You cannot just change phonics and expect everyone to play along. They're not Lego.