Anyone else pronounces it
>ark linux
?
>>57752530
I pronounce it 'Garbage'.
On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 10:19 -0500, Aaron Griffin wrote:
> On 8/24/05, Andy Roberts <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 24 Aug 2005 14:15, Bozhidar Batsov wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > I hate to bother you with such foolish question, but does someone now
> > > how does Judd refer to the distro, because the word "arch" has double
> > > pronnounciation - [a:tS] and [a:k]. We are having a fierce quarrel
> > > with some guys in our LUG on that subject currently. So can some
> > > clear things for us? It would be perfect if I could see Judd's opinion
> > > on the question, but I guess I should't bother him with such silly
> > > things considering the huge amount of work he ought to have... Thank you
> > > in advance...
> > >
> >
> > Indeed, it would be great to have Judd's official judgement. In the
> > meantime,
> > I have only ever thought of it as [a:tS] (in your your lingo. To me Arch
> > rhymes with March or starch, and not like ark.
> >
> > This to me is why it makes sense that AL users are called Archers :)
> >
> > arooaroo
>
> We had this discussion at LinuxTag - it's a soft "ch" as in "archway",
> for two reasons:
> 1) It comes from "arch-nemesis" meaning "primary"... I've never seen a
> movie where they talked about their "ark en-eh-mee"
> 2) There is already an "Ark" linux
>
> - phrak -
>
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>>57752530
"Arsh Linux"
>>57752747
Arse linux
>>57752557
this