The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoMy hot take on the official pronunciation of GNOMEmedia.piefed.worldimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1imageMy hot take on the official pronunciation of GNOMEmedia.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareDefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·15 days agoMeanwhile, me, a non-native English speaker:
minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 days agoThe G is silent in English words starting with gn. Gnarly gnats is pronounced narly nats. There’s not a lot of those words anyway Gnu and gnome are exceptions only when used to describe the software. The gnu animal and the mythical gnome creature are pronounced with silent gs.
minus-squareDefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 days agoIt’s even more confusing because in my native language (Dutch), we have those words too ( gnoe and gnoom ), and we do pronounce the g. Of course, no Dutch speaker would ever miss the opportunity to pronounce a g :)
Meanwhile, me, a non-native English speaker:
The G is silent in English words starting with gn. Gnarly gnats is pronounced narly nats.
There’s not a lot of those words anyway
Gnu and gnome are exceptions only when used to describe the software. The gnu animal and the mythical gnome creature are pronounced with silent gs.
It’s even more confusing because in my native language (Dutch), we have those words too ( gnoe and gnoom ), and we do pronounce the g.
Of course, no Dutch speaker would ever miss the opportunity to pronounce a g :)