Re: a question of pronunciation

["Michael L. Shire" <shire ICSI Berkeley EDU>]

Sri Ramkrishna wrote:
> 
> > We're having a debate here concerning the pronunciation of GNOME... is it
> > pronounced  NohME, or
> > G-NohME (or Guh-NohME),  as if to emphasize the GNUness aspect?
> 
> In an interview, I understand it's G-NohME.  However, I never use that
> pronuniciation, preferring the silent G.  Mostly because G-Nome, sounds
> awkward to say.

when i see G-Nome, i think "genome" which doesn't sound too bad.