From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,ffd9867424acf610 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!news.compaq.com!news.cpqcorp.net!53ab2750!not-for-mail Message-ID: <42BC1283.AC62B862@hp.com> From: cdm X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Pronunciation References: <87r7ew3iu8.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> <87d5qg3gom.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:06:33 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 16.28.192.155 X-Complaints-To: abuse@HP.com X-Trace: news.cpqcorp.net 1119621993 16.28.192.155 (Fri, 24 Jun 2005 07:06:33 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 07:06:33 PDT Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11619 Date: 2005-06-24T14:06:33+00:00 List-Id: >> Thanks. What about "GNAT"? Like the fly? > >The pronunciations I have heard for GNAT are not like the insect. >For the insect, the G is silent, whereas the pronunciations I have >heard for GNAT emphasize the G as non-silent (with the rest the same). Yes, they use the "g". Like GNU, pronouncing each letter. (Why do languages bother throwing in silent letters?)