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Re: How do you say "gnus"?
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David Hanak |
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Re: How do you say "gnus"? |
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Fri, 31 Dec 2004 16:12:59 -0600 |
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On Fri, 31 Dec 2004, Romain Francoise wrote:
> Lars says "Gnoos" with a hard G and a short S.
He does? Hmm. From the Gnus info pages:
,----[ (info "(gnus)History") ]
| During the first extended alpha period of development, the new Gnus
| was called "(ding) Gnus". "(ding)" is, of course, short for "ding is
| not Gnus", which is a total and utter lie, but who cares? (Besides,
| the "Gnus" in this abbreviation should probably be pronounced "news" as
| UMEDA intended, which makes it a more appropriate name, don't you
| think?)
`----
Oh well, maybe this doesn't say anything about Gnus in itself, only that
"(ding) Gnus" is to be pronounced like dingnews.
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