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minus-square@TemplaerDude@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink5•7 hours agoI don’t like it when people pronounce it with a hard G
minus-square@John_CalebBradberton@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink8•7 hours agoI can only ever pronounce it is ‘Guh-nome’ I blame Linux Unplugged podcast tbh.
minus-square@Hawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•7 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-square@tal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglish3•6 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-square@Hawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•6 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.
like gif
Jnome
Criminal
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.