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   Brodie Robertson (brodieonlinux@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Feb-2025 17:49:18 JST Brodie Robertson

   I'm seeing more and more people nowadays not thinking you pronounce the G in GNOME

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     :gregthestopsign: (liamolua@aus.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Feb-2025 17:53:29 JST :gregthestopsign:

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     @BrodieOnLinux
     Meanwhile here's me on Linux for 10 years and now get strange looks by non-linux users when I pronounce "garden gnome" with a hard G.

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     Brodie Robertson (brodieonlinux@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Feb-2025 17:53:29 JST Brodie Robertson

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     • :gregthestopsign:

     @liamolua I've done that more than once

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     Fabian (Bocchi) 🏳️‍🌈 (fabiscafe@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Feb-2025 19:11:04 JST Fabian (Bocchi) 🏳️‍🌈

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     @BrodieOnLinux go for "She-nom-é" from here on.

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     Cooleech (cooleech@mstdn.plus)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2025 21:34:18 JST Cooleech

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     @BrodieOnLinux Silent letters are just stupid. Why write them if you're not using them? And yes, I use G in GNOME too.

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     Brodie Robertson (brodieonlinux@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2025 21:34:18 JST Brodie Robertson

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     • Cooleech

     @cooleech Something something English doesn't have rules, it has suggestions