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Re: How do you pronounce GCC and cygwin?
On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 12:53:17PM +0100, Sam Edge wrote:
>Mark Sheppardwrote in
><F239CD897B4CD611825600508BE70AC212ABD3@FRUITMACHINE.brighton.climax.co.uk>
>in gmane.os.cygwin on Fri, 3 May 2002 11:15:05 +0100:
>
>> I normally pronounce it with a long "i" sound (s-eye-gwin, as
>> in cyclops or cycle), although I've heard others pronounce it
>> with a short "i" sound (as in signal) as Cliff seems to. He
>> doesn't speak for the entire country as I'm in England too!
>
>I think the short-i sound is more appropriate since the "cy" part
>comes from Cygnus.
That's right: http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=cygnus .
>> I can't see how you could pronounce GCC other than saying the
>> individual letters so I'm not sure why the original poster
>> asks about that.
>
>You could possibly pronounce it as the contracted expletive "Jeez!"
It's pronounced Gee See See .
cgf
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