On Fri, Jan 28, 2000 at 05:31:19PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote: > Is gnu pronounced with a y-glide, like news (nyooz)? I always thought > that it was also pronounced guh-noo (without that glide), but I could be > wrong. 'dict gnu' isn't clear.
Chambers gives two pronunciations for gnu (the animal) one identical to new, and the other like noon and noose. It claims the g is silent, but that disagrees with the leading authority on the matter, Flanders and Swann. -- Matt Folwell, Trinity College, Cambridge. CB2 1TQ [EMAIL PROTECTED]