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cujo
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 Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 4:55 pm Post subject: the soft 'g' |
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so i was browsing the gentoo faqs and i came upon the "how is gentoo pronounced" question.
the answer... | Quote: | | pronounced "gen-too" (The "g" in "gentoo" is a soft "g", as in "gentle".) |
isn't the soft 'g' sound like the g in 'golly' or 'gargle'? |
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ZagiFlyer
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That's a hard 'g'.
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jonemi
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| Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Sounds like 'j'. Jenn-too |
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cujo
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| Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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i know how to pronounce gentoo, but i'm wondering which is the hard g and which is the soft. my thoughts...
soft = golly
hard = germ |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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rac
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| Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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| cujo wrote: | soft = golly
hard = germ |
Other way around. In "garage", the first 'g' is hard, the second soft.
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idl
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| Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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| i pronounce it Jentoo - not in a French style or anything just a proper J. |
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mmealman
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| Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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Jentoo is easy.
But is Linux pronounced lie-nucks, lee-nucks, or li-nucks?
I've always thought it was li-nucks, but my boss thinks it's lie-nucks. |
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colle
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| Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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| mmealman wrote: | Jentoo is easy.
But is Linux pronounced lie-nucks, lee-nucks, or li-nucks?
I've always thought it was li-nucks, but my boss thinks it's lie-nucks. |
I'd say it's pronounced like Leenooks |
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rac
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| Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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Followups to How do you pronounce things?.
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pjp
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| Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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We've already had a "How do you pronounce it" thread. The question was about what a soft or hard "g" was.
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