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From: straka@ihlpf.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d,misc.misc
Subject: Re: smail pronounciation
Message-ID: <1266@ihlpf.ATT.COM>
Date: Fri, 20-Mar-87 11:46:43 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 20 11:46:43 1987
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References: <667@rtech.UUCP> <1074@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu> <486@sw1e.UUCP> <1909@hoptoad.uucp>
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Summary: Gnu

> >>Everybody I've met seems to pronounce the "G" in Gnu.  Is this just
> >A gnu is an actual animal.  The g in gnu is not pronounced, so why
> >should the G in Gnu be pronounced?
> This should have been posted by hoptoad!gnu, but what the hell...


It's just a joke.

Come on, hasn't anybody heard someone say something like "what's gnu?",
pronouncing the "g"?

Just like pronouncing 'knife', "ka niffe".

or 'ghoti', "fish" :-) for those who remember.

-- 
Rich Straka     ihnp4!ihlpf!straka