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minus-squareTemplaerDude@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 hours agoI don’t like it when people pronounce it with a hard G
minus-squarepenguin@lemmy.pixelpassport.studiolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·58 minutes agoThis is the main reason I stopped using it
minus-squareJohn_CalebBradberton@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 hours agoI can only ever pronounce it is ‘Guh-nome’ I blame Linux Unplugged podcast tbh.
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 hours agoWhich one’s the hard g? If that’s the one that sounds like j or “g as in giraffe”, then I’ve never heard anyone pronounce it like that. Jnome? Doesn’t really roll off the tongue very well.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoI suspect that @TemplaerDude@sh.itjust.works really meant to say “with a non-silent ‘G’”. The word is typically pronounced (“There are gnomes in the forest!”) with a silent ‘g’.
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoI think as a GNU project, Gnome is an exception. That might be a bit of a hypercorrection though.
I don’t like it when people pronounce it with a hard G
But it’s there!
This is the main reason I stopped using it
I can only ever pronounce it is ‘Guh-nome’
I blame Linux Unplugged podcast tbh.
Which one’s the hard g? If that’s the one that sounds like j or “g as in giraffe”, then I’ve never heard anyone pronounce it like that. Jnome? Doesn’t really roll off the tongue very well.
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I suspect that @TemplaerDude@sh.itjust.works really meant to say “with a non-silent ‘G’”.
The word is typically pronounced (“There are gnomes in the forest!”) with a silent ‘g’.
I think as a GNU project, Gnome is an exception. That might be a bit of a hypercorrection though.