Re: Pronouncing "GNOME"



On Sat, 13 Aug 2005, Travis Reitter wrote:

I've noticed that the vast majority of new users tend to pronounce GNOME
as "gnome" (rather than "GUH-nome") - this was reiterated as I helped
out at the booth at LWE this week.

Would it make sense to change the official pronunciation of "GNOME" to
"gnome" to smooth out this blip? Or does this unnecessarily disassociate
it from GNU, etc.?

GNOME is a child of the Internet, where pronunciation doesn't matter. 
Let's leave it that way ;-)

-- Elliot
Pioneers get the Arrows. Settlers get the Land.



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