<!--#include virtual="/server/html5-header.html" --> <!-- Parent-Version:1.541.77 --> <title>How To PronounceGNU</title>GNU - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> <!--#includevirtual="/pronunciation/po/pronunciation.translist"virtual="/gnu/po/pronunciation.translist" --> <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> <h2>How To Pronounce GNU</h2> <p>The name “GNU” is a recursive acronym for “GNU's Not Unix!”; it is pronounced as one syllable with a hard g, like “grew” but with the letter “n” instead of “r”.</p> <p> This is a recording of <a href="http://www.stallman.org/">Richard Stallman</a> saying “GNU” and another with a short explanation about how GNU was named: </p> <p><strong>How to say “GNU”:</strong></p> <audio src="/audio/gnu-pronunciation.ogg" controls="controls"> <a href="/audio/gnu-pronunciation.ogg">How To Say GNU</a> </audio> <p><strong>How GNU Was Named:</strong></p> <audio src="/audio/how-gnu-was-named.ogg" controls="controls"> <a href="/audio/how-gnu-was-named.ogg">How GNU Was Named</a> </audio> <p>The combination of <a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">GNU and Linux</a> is the <strong>GNU/Linux operating system</strong>, now used by millions and sometimes incorrectly called simply “Linux”.</p> <p>For more detailed information and history of the GNU Operating System visit <a href="/gnu/">http://www.gnu.org/gnu/</a></p> <h3 id="license">License Of The Recordings</h3> <p>Copyright (C) 2001 Richard M. Stallman</p><p>This page is<p>These recordings are licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/">Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United StatesLicense</a>. </p> <!-- If needed, change the copyright block at the bottom. In general, all pages on the GNU web server should have the section about verbatim copying. Please do NOT remove this without talking with the webmasters first. Please make sure the copyright date is consistent with the document and that it is like this: "2001, 2002", not this: "2001-2002". -->License</a>.</p> </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above --> <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" --> <div id="footer"> <div class="unprintable"> <p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to <a href="mailto:gnu@gnu.org"><gnu@gnu.org></a>. There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a> theFSF.<br /> Please send brokenFSF. Broken links and other corrections or suggestions can be sent to <a href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org"><webmasters@gnu.org></a>.</p><p>Please<p><!-- TRANSLATORS: Ignore the original text in this paragraph, replace it with the translation of these two: We work hard and do our best to provide accurate, good quality translations. However, we are not exempt from imperfection. Please send your comments and general suggestions in this regard to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org"> <web-translators@gnu.org></a>.</p> <p>For information on coordinating and submitting translations of our web pages, see <a href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations README</a>. --> Please see the <a href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations of this article.</p> </div> <!-- Regarding copyright, in general, standalone pages (as opposed to files generated as part of manuals) on the GNU web server should be under CC BY-ND 3.0 US. Please do NOT change or remove this without talking with the webmasters or licensing team first. Please make sure the copyright date is consistent with the document. For web pages, it is ok to list just the latest year the document was modified, or published. If you wish to list earlier years, that is ok too. Either "2001, 2002, 2003" or "2001-2003" are ok for specifying years, as long as each year in the range is in fact a copyrightable year, i.e., a year in which the document was published (including being publicly visible on the web or in a revision control system). There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. --> <p>Copyright ©20102010, 2013, 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p> <p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/">Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United StatesLicense</a>. </p> <p>Updated:License</a>.</p> <!--#include virtual="/server/bottom-notes.html" --> <p class="unprintable">Updated: <!-- timestamp start --> $Date: 2015/05/18 08:32:11 $ <!-- timestamp end --> </p> </div> </div> </body> </html>