Pronouncing "ubuntu"

[Jaime Davila]

Where do some people pronounce a Y sound? As in y-ubuntu?

I am either blessed or cursed by having Spanish as my first language. 
So, to me ubuntu is pronounced ubuntu.

Alan McKinnon wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> So today was a sloooow day in Cape Town. When the sun wasn't shining 
> it was either raining, misty or blowing a gale force wind. And the 
> phone rang twice all day, but that's because today is a public 
> holiday.
> 
> Seeing as the devil makes work for idle hands, Cape Town is probably 
> the spiritual home of Ubuntu, and I'm bored to tears at 01:33am, I 
> thought I'd liven up my life a bit and ask one simple innocent enough 
> question:
> 
> How many people in the world-wide Ubuntu community can pronounce the 
> name correctly? (Tip: there's no "Y" sound in it)
> 

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