> > > > Gnorb
> > > >
> > >
> > > Is that Guh-norb, or is the G silent?
> > >
> >
> > Silent "G". I can't stand that gagging noise
> people
> > say when they butcher the word "Gnome" (Silent
> "G").
> > It's like a guy I met one time - said it was
> > "Gee-Nome". Hmm....
> >
>
> But I thought you said it was pronounced like "GNU"
> ??!!!?
>
Nah - the reason GNU is pronounced like that is
because it would be confused with "NEW" - at least
that's the only thing that would make sense. It's
still gramatically incorrect, however...
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Attention is living; inattention is dying.
The attentive never stop; the inattentive are dead already.
-Dhammapada 21, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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