• lemmyreader
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    21 days ago

    Well you know how USA citizens (yeah they’re not English but still) pronounce GNOME ? I once heard one pronounce it as NOME like as in Nomen nescio.

    • föderal umdrehen
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      1121 days ago

      Well, “nome”, with a silent G is the correct pronunciation of “gnome”, as in e.g. “garden gnome”.

      • @BCsven@lemmy.ca
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        121 days ago

        From the UK I learned it as nome, but the gn is sounded like ng in ing endings rather than n like no. the difference is slight. n As in no is front of tongue on teeth and (g)ng is a back of the throat and nasal NG sound. When I hear people pronounce as two syllables guh-nome it sounds weird.