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• carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  idk, but the G in GIMP (ugh) does stand for GNU

  i wonder if it’s also the official reason that it’s (typically) pronounced in GNOME?

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  • lemmyknow@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I know. I just didn’t know GNU was pronounced Gee-Noo, like in GIMP

    Isn’t GNOME also a GNU thing? GNU Image Manipulation Program Network O… Object… Model… uhh… Environment? Also, this means GNOME is pronounced like Genome, as in, like, Jeans and stuff, innit?

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    • carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      …do you pronounce GIMP with a soft G?

      for all 3 of these projects the main way ive heard them said is with a hard G, i know there is a debate with GNOME as to pronounce the G or not (as in the word “gnome”), idk if a similar debate exists with GNU

      imo, there’s no wrong way to pronounce a word, as long as people know what you’re talking about, it’s fine

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      • lemmyknow@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Dammit. I want arguments. Chaos. But yes, I do soft G GIMP. Not GNU or GNOME. I do say GNOME with a G, though. I mean, I don’t talk about these things IRL. These words don’t show up in my convos. Actually, it might be without a G. I guess I could start soft G’ing GNU and GNOME, just because. It’s how I got to soft G GIF, by going the opposite way I was doing. And now it just be like that, and hard G GIF feels kinda weird.

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