[Scribus] How to pronounce Scribus

stu seven stu7seven
Sat Mar 17 22:15:30 CET 2007


+    whoa... for so long, I pronounce this as "scrib" (from scribble")
skrib-us... because it has drawing tools ?        :-)

On 3/17/07, Craig Bradney <cbradney at zip.com.au> wrote:
> On Saturday 17 March 2007 21:41:23 Llywelyn Owen wrote:
> > Is the pronunciation subject to restrictions? Do we as a community
> > adhere to any national orders? Enjoy the fact that we are not all the
> > same and pronounce words differently. I used to say Line-Ux for Linux
> > until I learnt that the name was a a joining of Linus and Minix (an
> > OS) and so try (and often fail) to respect the original pronunciation
> > (Lin-Ux). Who thought of Scribus as a name and how was its original
> > pronunciation intended? It would be interesting to know but not the
> > final answer.
>
>
> Franz thought of the name and says Scribe-us.
>
> IMO, thats *the* definitive answer, but its not like it matters. Those people
> who wish to says it another way, feel free to do so.
>
> Craig
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