G-ful "gnu"

[Jonathan Lighter]

I had a friend in grad school (1974-75) who went out of his way to
pronounce the g in "gnu" and "gnome."

But it was obviously intended as a joke.

Back then.

JL

On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 2:27 AM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>wrote:

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> On Jan 26, 2013, at 11:12 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 6:55 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>
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> >> the speaker was over 60
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> > What follows from that? That you'd expect someone so old to know better?
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> > I agree.
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> Not only that, but that there is a chance of not being influenced by the
> pronunciation of GNU.
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> Benjamin Barrett
> Seattle, WA
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