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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Pronunciation


From: Stephen J. Turnbull
Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Pronunciation
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 08:22:18 +0900
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>>>>> "Ludovic" == Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:

    Ludovic> Since the list is quiet these days, I thought I'd take
    Ludovic> advantage of that to launch an interesting topic: How is
    Ludovic> one supposed to pronounce "Arch"?  Rather like "ark" (as
    Ludovic> in "archive") or not?

Surely nothing so passive!  Rather, given Tom's grand designs, "arch"
as in "architecture". :-)

There's also a clue in the proper pronunciation of "TeX", given the
Arch fork known as "ArX".

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