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« on: May 03, 2007, 09:54:54 AM »
So how do you pronounce "Ubuntu"?  rolleyes

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Linux distributions have weird names
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« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2007, 12:01:21 PM »
Uhmm.... My best bet would be.....  oo-boon-too? Of course, that's me interpreting it like Japanese romaji. xD
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« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2007, 12:14:30 PM »
Yeah that's how I say it too. b/c I have Kubuntu and I say koo-boon-too   =D
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« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2007, 01:03:52 PM »
Quote from: earthboundwish on May 03, 2007, 12:01:21 PM
Uhmm.... My best bet would be.....  oo-boon-too? Of course, that's me interpreting it like Japanese romaji. xD

I agree with you. I always pronounce it that way Smiley
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« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2007, 01:12:30 PM »
what is ubuntu

i remember seeing something about on google finance
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« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2007, 01:38:29 PM »
one of linux OS. maybe inportb() can elaborate more.

at first i thought it would pronounce aa-boon-too. but it doesn't feel right.
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« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2007, 01:52:04 PM »
I think it's funny when someone says oo-bun-too grin
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« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2007, 03:56:59 PM »
The correct answer is two fold.

1. Because it is a name, rules do not apply. Therefore it could as stated above.

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2. One rule of English, is that any vowel followed by another vowel in 1 or 2 spaces has a long sound. For example...

dun is short. dune is long. Yet dunne would be like dun because the following vowel is in space 3.

Therefore "Ubuntu", if it were not a name would be you-bun-too.

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« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2007, 04:11:27 PM »
Quote from: Herbal on May 03, 2007, 03:56:59 PM
2. One rule of English, is that any vowel followed by another vowel in 1 or 2 spaces has a long sound.

ROFL I love your analysis. Except... "ubuntu" is not an English word hehehe...
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« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2007, 04:21:36 PM »
Indeed. ubuntu is african for " I CANT CONFIGURE SLACKWARE"  evil
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« Reply #10 on: May 03, 2007, 06:16:48 PM »
Good point.

I didn't know that it was an actual word. I thought it might just be some sort of trade name. Since it is an actual word and is African, then the Egnlish translation is not quite right...It should be Ubuuntu, with a double "u". Like used in "vacuum".

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« Reply #11 on: May 03, 2007, 09:03:19 PM »
It actually is a sub-Saharan African ethic or humanist ideology focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other. The word has its origin in the Bantu languages of Southern Africa. Ubuntu is seen as a traditional African concept. More at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(ideology)

Somehow I don't think we should mess with their spelling  smiley
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« Reply #12 on: May 03, 2007, 09:23:22 PM »
Yeah, they spelling is fine how it's right now, don't mess with it cheesy

I had no problems pronouncing it, since in Spanish you automatically pronounce it oo-boon-too Smiley
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