Ubuntu Pronounciation

[Thunk]

So what's the deal? How are you supposed to pronounce "Ubuntu"? Is it first "U" as in "up" and then the rest of the u's are as in "poop"?

And what about "gnome"? I know that GNU is pronounced "genu".

[kalosaurusrex]

I think it's something like:

Oooboontooo

and

Nome (Gnome) silent G. But that's just how I say it.

/shrug

[Thunk]

That's what I used to think, but then I found this in Wikipedia:

Ubuntu (IPA: /ùbúntú/)

So there's clearly a difference between the first U and the other ones. But what does that mean? I couldn't find a simple "dictionary" for IPA...

[kalosaurusrex]

Wow I have no idea what that means.

Can someone write a program to fix this!!!!

Oh bed time.

[darth_vector]

^lmao

everyone i know pronounces is uuuubuuuuuntuuuuu and nome. having said that, i dont know what i would do if wikipedia had an error in it. that would shake the foundations of my existance! wiki is the source of all knowledge

[asimon]

The best would be if Mark Shuttleworth would just upload an ogg vorbis file saying something like "I pronounce Ubuntu as Ubuntu".

[poofyhairguy]

Originally Posted by kalosaurusrex Nome (Gnome) silent G. But that's just how I say it.

Its actually a hard G. But I agree with the Lug Radio guys that saying it that way is lame. So I don't.

I don't say mac "oh-es-ten" I say "oh-es-ex." It sounds better, I don't care what the real way is. I also call Debian "dee-bee-en" instead of "de-bee-en" because one sounds like a middle class housewife while the other sounds like an almighty god of Linux.

[Gray.]

Up until know I thought that it was supposed to be "dee-bee-en".... definitely sounds better anyways.

[Gadren]

I end yup saying GNOME as guh'nome, and I incorrectly say Debian as Deebeein.

I'm wondering, though...how do you pronounce Xubuntu? It is zubuntu, eksubuntu, or ksubuntu? I usually say the last one to myself.

[Chris Tucker]

the correct prounciation sounds really weird and draws stares.. so i endorse ubuntu as U as in YOU bun as in, well, BUN.. like the ones you eat.. and tu as TO, youbuntoo ubuntu .. a lot easier to say, said the way it looks, and doesnt make people think its a 3rd world system