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> On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 10:19:53AM -0500, Aaron Griffin wrote:
> > 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 -
>
> Yay for LinuxTag!
>
> This should be a FAQ (if it wasn't already) (hint hint, newsletter
> writers).
Is the new one in SVN then, boss?

Phil
>
> Jason
>
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