> James Rayner wrote: > >>I speak Australian and I say arc :P >> >>iphitus >>On 8/25/05, Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>Hash: SHA1 >>> >>>On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 11:01:48AM +0000, Andy Roberts wrote: >>> >>> >>>>On Thursday 25 Aug 2005 07:26, James Rayner wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>I'm guilty! >>>>> >>>>>I say it arc, probably because the logo is an arc. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>But it also looks like an arch! >>>> >>>>So, are you sticking with arc, or have we convinced you otherwise :) >>>> >>>> >>>I think that as Judd calls it Arch as in the thing McDonald's has two >>> golden ones, that should decide it. ;) >>> >>>For a native English speaker, it's the most natural pronunciation. >>> For spakers whose first language is something else (German, perhaps) >>> Ark might be more natural, but <shrug>. >>> >>>Of course, many people pronounce Gentoo with a g as in get, when it >>> should be a J sound, and many people pronounce the Li of Linux as >>> Lie-nux. >>> >>>At any rate, it's livened up the list, but seeing all the posts >>> reminds me of this entry from the FreeBSD faq. >>> >>>http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/misc.html#BIKESHED-PAINTING >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>arooaroo >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>arch mailing list >>>>[email protected] >>>>http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch >>>> >>>> >>>- -- >>> >>>Scott Robbins >>> >>>PGP keyID EB3467D6 >>>( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) >>>gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 >>> >>>Harmony: How are you gonna kill her? Think! The second you even >>>point that thing at her, you're gonna be all 'Aaagh!' (holding >>>her hand to her head in imitation of Spike), and then you'll get >>> bitch-slapped up and down Main Street, unless she's finally had >>>enough and just stakes you! >>>Spike: Sure, it'll hurt like hell for about two hours. But she'll be >>> dead just a little longer than that. >>>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>>Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) >>> >>>iD8DBQFDDaDi+lTVdes0Z9YRAvTjAJwLHelfQpALnGrJPrsUNbqK+0poyACfZ9oy >>> /NCV8hWyzP0UKZFLB0Y/jfY= >>>=kc7O >>>-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>arch mailing list >>>[email protected] >>>http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > Anyway, although different people refer to same word with different > pronunciation and sometimes even different spelling it is still good to > know that you're speaking and writing as originally intented... Gentoo - > a kind of penguin has only one corrent pronunciation - it is entirely > different matter how many people care to look it up... The same applies > to Ubuntu, the commonly mistaken SUSE (pronounced ZUZE actually...), and > even the very kernel itself. We in Bulgaria - call it ÐинÑÐºÑ > [linuks] - almost all know that this is incorrect, but few care... But > they care a lot ... >
Actually SUSE ran an ad several years ago with the correct pronunciation. "su-sah" is 'corrent' or correct. The "su" is with a mark above the u...so it is pronounced like the proper name "Sue". The a is short in the "sah" portion. Very best regards; Bob Finch _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
