> On 8/24/05, Andy Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Wednesday 24 Aug 2005 14:15, Bozhidar Batsov wrote: >> > Hello, >> > I hate to bother you with such foolish question, but does someone >> now how does Judd refer to the distro, because the word "arch" has >> double pronnounciation - [a:tS] and [a:k]. We are having a fierce >> quarrel with some guys in our LUG on that subject currently. So >> can some clear things for us? It would be perfect if I could see >> Judd's opinion on the question, but I guess I should't bother him >> with such silly things considering the huge amount of work he ought >> to have... Thank you in advance... >> > >> >> Indeed, it would be great to have Judd's official judgement. In the >> meantime, I have only ever thought of it as [a:tS] (in your your >> lingo. To me Arch rhymes with March or starch, and not like ark. >> >> This to me is why it makes sense that AL users are called Archers :) >> >> arooaroo > > We had this discussion at LinuxTag - it's a soft "ch" as in "archway", > for two reasons: > 1) It comes from "arch-nemesis" meaning "primary"... I've never seen a > movie where they talked about their "ark en-eh-mee" > 2) There is already an "Ark" linux > > - phrak - >
Um, the graphics that have always been used along with the name are of an arch(way)....not of an ark. Very best regards; Bob Finch _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
