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Re: New egcs/gcc logo (2nd try)
- To: jbuck at possibly dot synopsys dot com
- Subject: Re: New egcs/gcc logo (2nd try)
- From: "Martin v. Loewis" <martin at loewis dot home dot cs dot tu-berlin dot de>
- Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 07:27:49 +0200
- CC: pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, davem at redhat dot com
- References: <200004290044.RAA27035@possibly.synopsys.com>
> I was the one who suggested the design, and the reason for the egg is
> that our orginal message claimed that "egcs" was pronounced "eggs",
> though I never heard anyone actually pronounce it that way instead
> of e-g-c-s.
Perhaps it's because I'm not a native speaker ... when I read a claim
that something is to be pronounced such-and-such, I always try to use
it that way - so I say "ex" all the time.
Regards,
Martin