Pronouncing "ubuntu"

[Vram]

On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 19:02 -0500, Jaime Davila wrote:
> 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)
> > 
> 



No one ever gets my name right

Jim