Comment on phonetic alphabet

• GamingChairModel@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  In the software, the official position is that the G in GNU is pronounced. But for the animal known as a gnu, the g isn’t pronounced.

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  • protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    animal? what is there an animal called gnu? that’s news to me

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    • glibg10b@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Have you seen the GNU logo?

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    • GamingChairModel@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ever since Lion King came out the “wildebeest” name has been much more common.

      But the most commonly used logo for the GNU software is an anthropomorphized gnu.

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