From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: L p R n d n Subject: Re: Guix pronunciation Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 22:06:59 +0100 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:45882) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h3RPz-0003st-90 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Mar 2019 16:21:05 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h3RCV-0002NO-Jl for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Mar 2019 16:07:08 -0400 Received: from mout02.posteo.de ([185.67.36.142]:43713) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h3RCV-0001xa-CU for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Mar 2019 16:07:07 -0400 Received: from submission (posteo.de [89.146.220.130]) by mout02.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A750D2400E5 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2019 21:07:01 +0100 (CET) Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 44J8Jh5sJhz9rxZ for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2019 21:07:00 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (mikadoZero's message of "Sun, 10 Mar 2019 12:13:55 -0400") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel@gnu.org Hello mikadoZero writes: > Doing this duckduckgo site search: `geeks > site:https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/` gives me only one match. Which > is footnote 1 of section 1 Introduction of the manual. I do not know of > anywhere else where the pronunciation of Guix is explicitly stated. > > I would like to know what other think about making the pronunciation of > Guix obvious to anyone who visits the website. The reasoning for this is > because the pronunciation of Guix as "geeks" is not intuitive. I > think a lot of people will assume it is pronounced some other way. For > example "gwixs" or "gooixs". I was not sure how to say Guix before > watching a talk on Guix. It is also easy for people to miss that single > footnote in the manual on how to pronounce Guix. > > I think the confusion around the pronunciation of GIF would probably be > a worst case scenario. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_Interchange_Format#Pronunciation_of_GIF > > Here are two projects that have non obvious pronunciation that address > this issue directly on their project homepage: > > https://asciinema.org/ > http://www.lighttpd.net/ > I understand your concern but in my opinion, Guix doesn't really need to enforce or be protective regarding a particular pronunciation. It's an international and multicultural project, we all more than probably don't have the same accent and wont't ever pronounce it the same way and I think it's fine. :) If someone asks for the correct way to pronounce Guix, IMHO "However you wish" is ok and if a user needs more, the footnote in the manual can give some "historical" insights. I feel like it's more aligned with what Guix is. (in opposition to what a company would do) But, really, if the need arises, I don't mind. Just giving my two cents. Good evening, Lprndn