Proper Pronunciation Of Gnome

[Precipitous]

This may sound really silly, but which is the proper pronunciation of gnome:
nome or genome?

[pparks1]

I say

guhhhh----nome

[celery]

I believe the accepted pronunciation is "nome" with a silent g.

[todak]

From Wikipedia: GNOME (pronounced /gəˈnoʊm/). That is for the desktop environment. For the little bugger that hides in the garden, it is pronounced 'nome". :)

[carlolovearianne]

I seem to remember watching a Mark Shuttleworth video in YouTube, and he pronounces it as "Jee-nowm".

[burbankmarc]

Think GNU, it's pronounced G'new. in that same vein Gnome is pronounced G'nome.

another one I always wondered is daemon. I say day-mon, but I think it's suppose to be Die-mon.

[issueperson]

From Wikipedia: GNOME (pronounced /gəˈnoʊm/). That is for the desktop environment. For the little bugger that hides in the garden, it is pronounced 'nome". :)

Yeah, the "correct" way is "guh-nome" like "guh-new" for GNU.

But I hear "nome" used more often.

[SeanBlader]

Typically for most *nix names, if you think you're saying it right because you know how stuff is supposed to work in the english language, then you're completely wrong.

Gnu = guhnew, Gnome - guhnome, etc = ettsee, Linux = Leenucks

If you don't speak english or maybe if you're like 4 years old, then you're probably saying stuff correctly. I get corrected and/or derisive looks because I say "et cetera", and "nome".

[lisati]

I believe the accepted pronunciation is "nome" with a silent g.

+1: I always thought it was "nome", as in garden gonme. jee-nome is usually written "genome".

[Loaded.len]

Stick to IRC and Forums and you never have to worry about it... provided you can spell. :)

[p_quarles]

Moved to Community Cafe.

Guh-nome for the Gnu Network Object Modeling Environment.

Nome for the undersized hominid.

[schauerlich]

Moved to Community Cafe.

Guh-nome for the Gnu Network Object Modeling Environment.

Nome for the undersized hominid.

Talking about yourself again there p_quarles?

[Giant Speck]

Weird. I've always pronounced it like gnome (nome).

But then again, I pronounced Qt "que-tee" before I realized it was supposed to pronounced "cute."

[p_quarles]

Talking about yourself again there p_quarles?
Isn't a little past your bedtime? ;)

[schauerlich]

Isn't a little past your bedtime? ;)

My self imposed one. Shows how much self restraint I have.

The forums were calling me...

[cpetercarter]

The hairy foot logo suggests it should be "nome" like the diminutive hominid.

[sstusick]

I always have and always will pronounce gnome as g-nome and linux as lihnucks.

[ubuntu27]

Weird. I've always pronounced it like gnome (nome).

But then again, I pronounced Qt "que-tee" before I realized it was supposed to pronounced "cute."

What!! This is news to me. Qt is pronounced "Cute" as in "Look! That tiny Bear hugging the cat is so cute!"?



As for Gnome I pronounced it Ga-nom or Guh-nome


EDIT:

RIGHT!! FROM WIKIBOOKS (http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/X_Window_Programming/Qt):

It is produced by the Norwegian company Trolltech, formerly Quasar Technologies. Trolltech insiders pronounce Qt as "cute".

[Giant Speck]

What!! This is news to me. Qt is pronounced "Cute" as in "Look! That tiny Bear hugging the cat is so cute!"?



As for Gnome I pronounced it Ga-nom or Guh-nome

Just promise me you won't start a thread entitled "Proper Pronunciation of Qt," okay? :)

[ubuntu27]

Just promise me you won't start a thread entitled "Proper Pronunciation of Qt," okay? :)

Thank for the good idea! I shall start a new thread immediately.

[vishzilla]

I pronounce it Gah-Nohm

[red_Marvin]

I pronounce it as it is spelled, with a hard g.

[rune0077]

See, this is what's illogical about the english language. If you want something to be pronounced nome, one should really just have spelled it like that. Who's great idea was it to put a G in front of it? "Oh yeah, let's put a G there, and then just not pronounce it". Wouldn't it have been easier to just leave it out?

[Giant Speck]

See, this is what's illogical about the english language. If you want something to be pronounced nome, one should really just have spelled it like that. Who's great idea was it to put a G in front of it? "Oh yeah, let's put a G there, and then just not pronounce it". Wouldn't it have been easier to just leave it out?

The digraph "gn" derived from the Latin language, and has since mutated from it's original form to the English language.

In English, the digraph "gn" is simply pronounced as "n," But in French, Italian and Spanish, it is pronounced differently.

In Spanish, particularly, the "gn" digraph is replaced by the letter ñ, as in baño, or niño.

Despite the fact that is now pronounced differently in modern English, it has been spelled that way long enough for it to have stuck in English vocabulary.

[FuturePilot]

I always say "nome" with a silent "G"

[CJ56]

One of the best things about the English language is its tendency to provide booby-traps of this sort, so

gnome = g is silent
gnostic = g is silent
agnostic = g is voiced

see also

knight

and

pneumonia

and incidientally, consider identical spellings but variant pronunciations in

though
through
thorough
rough

or the variant spellings but identical pronunciations of

eight
date
bait

or

night
trite
sleight (of hand)

or the non-intutitive pronunciations of

Leicester
Holborn
Leominster

In other words, what we really need is a desktop called 'Knightsbridge' or 'Loughborough'... over to you, developers...

[sstusick]

See, this is what's illogical about the english language. If you want something to be pronounced nome, one should really just have spelled it like that. Who's great idea was it to put a G in front of it? "Oh yeah, let's put a G there, and then just not pronounce it". Wouldn't it have been easier to just leave it out?I agree :lolflag:

[NosLycn]

Think GNU, it's pronounced G'new. in that same vein Gnome is pronounced G'nome.

another one I always wondered is daemon. I say day-mon, but I think it's suppose to be Die-mon.


GNOME is "guh-nome".
Daemon is "demon".

[Tipped OuT]

The proper pronunciation is "nome", silent 'G'

[swoll1980]

The proper pronunciation is "nome", silent 'G'

When were talking out the guy that sits in your garden then it's correct, but the Gnome project pronounces it Gah-nome which stands for GNU network object modeled environment. The Guh sound in GNU is where it gets it's Guh sound from.

[RealG187]

I believe the accepted pronunciation is "nome" with a silent g.I think that's for the Garden Gnome.

I pronounce it Gee-Nome, I think there is a work Genome that has something to do with DNA or something like that...

[Redundant Username]

I pronounce it as G-nome so I differentiate between garden gnomes and the DE.

[Jesus_Valdez]

I pronounce "nome", but the spanish way: "noo-meh" because sounds funny and never really talk to anyone about software.

[Tipped OuT]

I think that's for the Garden Gnome.

I pronounce it Gee-Nome, I think there is a work Genome that has something to do with DNA or something like that...

The 'G' is silent in English.

[Hyporeal]

When were talking out the guy that sits in your garden then it's correct, but the Gnome project pronounces it Gah-nome which stands for GNU network object modeled environment. The Guh sound in GNU is where it gets it's Guh sound from.

The word "gnu" (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gnu) also has a silent G, so the problem remains. (You can't say that GNU has nothing to do with gnus, since GNU uses a drawing of a gnu as its icon!) So the proper ways to pronounce both GNU and Gnome ought to be with a silent G. Alas, the GNU and Gnome people choose to pronounce their project names unlike their English word equivalents.

[wojox]

It's ɡəˈnoʊm GNU Network Object Model Environment.

[Rainstride]

The 'G' is silent in English.

says you:). I say it ge-nome.

[JillSwift]

I think that, given the GNOME project's idea that users need to be saved from themselves, that "GNOME" is pronounced "Duh".

[juancarlospaco]

g-now-me
the GNU desktop
:)

[RealG187]

The 'G' is silent in English.Are you referring to just Garden Gnomes, the GNU Network Object Model Environment, or the DNA term Genome?

[Tipped OuT]

says you:). I say it ge-nome.

No, says the inventors of English :P. GNOME is an international project so many people have different ways of pronouncing it based on their own language.

[Rainstride]

No, says the inventors of English :P. GNOME is an international project so many people have different ways of pronouncing it based on their own language.

English comes in a lot of different flavours:), depending on what on you pick it might be said different. the guys who make the project pronounce it guh-nome, if i remember right, but that just sounds strange to me. so i say it ge-nome, like the human genome project.

[pwnst*r]

gee nome just sounds best. nome sounds retarded. GUH-nome sounds even more retarded.

[Rainstride]

gee nome just sounds best. Nome sounds retarded. Guh-nome sounds even more retarded.

+1:)

[juancarlospaco]

G isnot me