Re: pronunciation of GNU Octave

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On Sat, Sep 23, 2023 at 8:28=E2=80=AFAM W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof. <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 5:32=E2=80=AFPM Nicholas Jankowski
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 10:52=E2=80=AFAM Lukas F=C3=BCrnkranz <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> How does one pronounce GNU Octave?
> >>
> > generally it has been pronounced with the standard American English
> pronunciation, ...
>
> -- It is the name of a person, and afIak, it is "oc"-"ta"(as in
> tab)-"ve"(as in velocity)
>
>
> yes, it is named after the person.  but even the creator of the program
regularly pronounces the program name using the non-name pronunciation
linked earlier.

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=
=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Sep 23, 2023 at 8:28=E2=80=AFAM W. Ro=
bert J. Funnell, Prof. &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">robe=
[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quo=
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<div>On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 5:32=E2=80=AFPM Nicholas Jankowski<br>
&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">janko=
[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 10:52=E2=80=AFAM Lukas F=C3=BCrnkranz &lt;<a h=
ref=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">lukas.fuernkran=
[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Hello,<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; How does one pronounce GNU Octave?<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt; generally it has been pronounced with the standard American English pr=
onunciation, ...<br>
<br>
--=C2=A0It is the name of a person, and afIak, it is &quot;oc&quot;-&quot;t=
a&quot;(as in tab)-&quot;ve&quot;(as in velocity)<br>
<br>
<br>
</div></span></font></div></div></div></blockquote><div>yes, it is named af=
ter the person.=C2=A0 but even the creator of the program regularly pronoun=
ces the program name using the non-name pronunciation linked earlier.</div>=
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