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On 8/24/05, Andy Roberts
> On Wednesday 24 Aug 2005 14:15, Bozhidar Batsov wrote: > > Hello, > > I hate to bother you with such foolish question, but does someone now > > how does Judd refer to the distro, because the word "arch" has double > > pronnounciation - [a:tS] and [a:k]. We are having a fierce quarrel > > with some guys in our LUG on that subject currently. So can some > > clear things for us? It would be perfect if I could see Judd's opinion > > on the question, but I guess I should't bother him with such silly > > things considering the huge amount of work he ought to have... Thank you > > in advance... > > > > Indeed, it would be great to have Judd's official judgement. In the meantime, > I have only ever thought of it as [a:tS] (in your your lingo. To me Arch > rhymes with March or starch, and not like ark. > > This to me is why it makes sense that AL users are called Archers :) > > arooaroo We had this discussion at LinuxTag - it's a soft "ch" as in "archway", for two reasons: 1) It comes from "arch-nemesis" meaning "primary"... I've never seen a movie where they talked about their "ark en-eh-mee" 2) There is already an "Ark" linux - phrak -
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On Wednesday 24 Aug 2005 14:15, Bozhidar Batsov wrote: > Hello, > I hate to bother you with such foolish question, but does someone now > how does Judd refer to the distro, because the word "arch" has double > pronnounciation - [a:tS] and [a:k]. We are having a fierce quarrel > with some guys in our LUG on that subject currently. So can some > clear things for us? It would be perfect if I could see Judd's opinion > on the question, but I guess I should't bother him with such silly > things considering the huge amount of work he ought to have... Thank you > in advance... > Indeed, it would be great to have Judd's official judgement. In the meantime, I have only ever thought of it as [a:tS] (in your your lingo. To me Arch rhymes with March or starch, and not like ark. This to me is why it makes sense that AL users are called Archers :) arooaroo Nice to know! Me and friends of mine had the same discussion some days ago. Good to know that I was right. Victory is so sweet. ;-) Mathias On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 10:19 -0500, Aaron Griffin wrote: > On 8/24/05, Andy Roberts On Wednesday 24 Aug 2005 14:15, Bozhidar Batsov wrote: > Hello, > I hate to bother you with such foolish question, but does someone now > how does Judd refer to the distro, because the word "arch" has double > pronnounciation - [a:tS] and [a:k]. We are having a fierce quarrel > with some guys in our LUG on that subject currently. So can some > clear things for us? It would be perfect if I could see Judd's opinion > on the question, but I guess I should't bother him with such silly > things considering the huge amount of work he ought to have... Thank you > in advance... > Indeed, it would be great to have Judd's official judgement. In the meantime, I have only ever thought of it as [a:tS] (in your your lingo. To me Arch rhymes with March or starch, and not like ark. This to me is why it makes sense that AL users are called Archers :) arooaroo Nice to know! Me and friends of mine had the same discussion some days ago. Good to know that I was right. Victory is so sweet. ;-) Mathias On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 10:19 -0500, Aaron Griffin wrote: > On 8/24/05, Andy Roberts
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