"Nex - you - isn't"
"Nex - you - isn't"
Posted Oct 7, 2005 1:53 UTC (Fri) by amazingblair (guest, #2789)In reply to: The Battle for Wesnoth hits 1.0 by cdmiller
Parent article: The Battle for Wesnoth hits 1.0
Apropos of nothing:
"Nexuiz" is another example of all the clunky names that we nerds come up with. I can think of no redeeming way to pronounce it. It seems that computer expertise is linked to having a tin ear for language. I still remember the feeling of revulsion that washed over me when I discovered that "Gnu" was NOT pronounced /noo/, like the graceful animal, but /guh-noo/, like... well, like nothing at all.
Thank goodness Linus Torvalds allowed himself to be talked into "Linux" instead of his awful first choice, "Freax" (sp?). Brrr!
-Amazing Blair
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