On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 12:53:17PM +0100, Sam Edge wrote: >Mark Sheppardwrote in ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >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 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
