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. > 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!" ;-) -- Sam Edge -- 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/
