Hello mikadoZero <mikadoz...@yandex.com> 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