From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20635 invoked from network); 1 May 2002 17:42:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO fencepost.gnu.org) (199.232.76.164) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 1 May 2002 17:42:08 -0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 172y79-0000jH-00; Wed, 01 May 2002 13:42:03 -0400 Received: from sokol.skynet.cz ([193.165.254.8]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 172y4H-0000d9-00 for ; Wed, 01 May 2002 13:39:05 -0400 X-Envelope-To: help-gnats@gnu.org Received: from blackbird.zamazal.org (asasync78.skynet.cz [193.165.192.178]) by sokol.skynet.cz (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA19641; Wed, 1 May 2002 19:38:23 +0200 (envelope-from pdm@zamazal.org) Received: from pdm by blackbird.zamazal.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 172y2C-0004Qn-00; Wed, 01 May 2002 19:36:56 +0200 To: Jason Molenda Cc: Mel Hatzis , Noritoshi Demizu , help-gnats@gnu.org Subject: Re: What is the pronounciation of GNATS ? References: <20020315213333J.demizu@dd.iij4u.or.jp> <871yd272ea.fsf@blackbird.zamazal.org> <3CC9F839.90805@juniper.net> <20020427002625.A43032@molenda.com> X-Face: >kl&pL}(a*u\BCj7Q,\Yoq35~,4dAu"CPGaJ[ahMli9uu#aF7dWxc3L.eaK2RWRU|',E+. -':&gJ-JAZ/N$f^4-3?G7M&Knna[A=lJ$}^!%@vuvulVl6-)x.V8RZ7fW9< From: Milan Zamazal In-Reply-To: <20020427002625.A43032@molenda.com> Message-ID: <87pu0f279g.fsf@blackbird.zamazal.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: help-gnats-admin@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnats-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnats@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: General discussion about GNU GNATS List-Archive: Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 10:42:00 -0000 X-SW-Source: 2002-q2/txt/msg00020.txt.bz2 >>>>> "JM" == Jason Molenda writes: JM> Unlike the insect, the 'G' is pronounced. For an American JM> English speaker, "Guh-nats" is how we'd write it phonetically. JM> This follows the GNU pronounciation (taken from the Flanders & JM> Swan, "I'm A Gnu", song I've heard). In romaji, you'd write it JM> 'ganatsu'. JM> I'm not one of the orginal developers, but I worked with all of JM> them back at Cygnus. Everyone pronounced the 'G'. Thank you, Jason, for the explanation. Looks like an excellent base for a new entry in the FAQ -- anyone volunteers? (I won't personally, I should start bug fixing again...) JM> But hey, there's no need to serve under the oppression of JM> history - if y'all would prefer a different pronounciation, go JM> for it. :-) No way, I share the Bozo Bob's opinion about the nice sound of "GNOUUUUUUUUU GNATS!" :-). Regards, Milan Zamazal -- "Having GNU Emacs is like having a dragon's cave of treasures." Robert J. Chassell _______________________________________________ Help-gnats mailing list Help-gnats@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnats