The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoMy hot take on the official pronunciation of GNOMEmedia.piefed.worldimagemessage-square129linkfedilinkarrow-up1682
arrow-up1682imageMy hot take on the official pronunciation of GNOMEmedia.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square129linkfedilink
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoI was hoping I wasn’t alone. I pronounced it genome for years before some neck beard took me to task for it. They also were mad at me for pronouncing CentOS like DOS (centahs rather than cent oh ess).
minus-squareantimongo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoI also used to pronounce Gnome this way. I’ll add I used to say “deb eye ann”, for Debian And used to say “uh lie us”, for alias I didn’t have a lot of people to talk about Linux with lol
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoTo be fair, Debian is a portmanteau of Debra and Ian so most people don’t pronounce it the way Ian Murdock intended.
I was hoping I wasn’t alone. I pronounced it genome for years before some neck beard took me to task for it. They also were mad at me for pronouncing CentOS like DOS (centahs rather than cent oh ess).
I also used to pronounce Gnome this way.
I’ll add I used to say “deb eye ann”, for Debian
And used to say “uh lie us”, for alias
I didn’t have a lot of people to talk about Linux with lol
To be fair, Debian is a portmanteau of Debra and Ian so most people don’t pronounce it the way Ian Murdock intended.