My comparison between GNUcash and Skrooge (if anyone is interested)

[Tommy Trussell]

On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 7:41 AM, Dustin Henning <The00Dustin at gmx.net> wrote:

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> From: Eric Ladner [mailto:eric.ladner at gmail.com]
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> On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 5:17 AM, Dustin Henning <The00Dustin at gmx.net>
> wrote:
> > I didn't watch the video (because I'm more of a reading person), but
> > I'm not sure your pronunciation of GnuCash is wrong.  The reason I say
> > this is I saw the post that said something to the effect of "most
> > people I know pronounce it gu-noo", but I believe it is called GnuCash
> > because it is based on the Gnu public license, which I believe comes
> > from the Gnu operating system whose mascot is an animal called a gnu
> > (see gnu.org).  That gnu is pronounced new, not gu-new, and therefore,
> > if you pronounced it new-cash, I believe you were right (and sometimes,
> most people are wrong, see history).
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> GNU, as in gnu.org pronounces the G.
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> Yes, the mascot is a gnu (pronounced like "noo" or "nu", but that's part of
> the pun, I suppose.  The name "GNU" is a recursive acronym meaning "GNU's
> Not Unix".
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> Listen to Richard Stallman (the guy that created it):
> http://www.gnu.org/pronunciation/pronunciation.html
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> Eric Ladner
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> Nice, not going to listen for the same reason I didn't watch the video, but
> I accept evidence/facts, just not "most people think/say."  ;)
>

Since several people on the list made a point of NOT watching the video, I
thought I would chime in one last time to say I only brought up the issue
of the pronunciation because because in the video he said "gee enn yoo
cash," which I considered to be an unusual pronunciation, quite outside the
usual GNU = "guh-noo" vs GNU = "noo" debate.

ALL THAT SAID, I don't think it's WRONG to spell out "G.N.U." when
pronouncing GnuCash, though in my humble opinion it's not a very common
pronunciation.


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