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Re:Guix Workflow Language by dkimbel on Thursday July 11, 2019 @09:21AM (#20411289)
For the curious, 'Guix' is pronounced the same way as 'geeks' [0].

0: https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Introd...

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Re:Guix Workflow Language by yarrel on Thursday July 11, 2019 @01:17PM (#20413389)
Nobody is going to do that.

It's goo-icks.

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Re:Guix Workflow Language by lfam on Thursday July 11, 2019 @01:24PM (#20413447)
Debian, Ubuntu, UNIX, Linux — none of these have an obvious pronunciation to a native English speaker from USA.

Why take such a defeatist attitude? I'm sure you can get the pronunciation right with a little effort.

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Re:Guix Workflow Language by michaelmrose on Thursday July 11, 2019 @04:54PM (#20415734)
I also have a hard time saying gaaaa nome or matey like all aboard matey with a straight face or hey you should use the gimp.
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