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awkward punctuation in "about ubuntu" docs

Bug #275592 reported by Sam Mason
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ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Dougie Richardson

Bug Description

Binary package hint: ubuntu-docs

I'm not sure how to describe what this exactly, but from the System menu, goto "About Ubuntu". The docs it brings up (why isn't any path of the docs shown?) the "About the Name" section it says:

  Ubuntu (pronounced "oo-BOON-too") is seen [...]

in the "What is Linux?" section:

  The Linux kernel, pronounced 'linnuks' is the heart [...]

and in the "What is GNU?" section:

  The GNU Project, pronounced “guh-noo”, was launched [...]

it would be nice if these were more consistent. The linux pronunciation seems to be missing a comma and any hyphens to indicate where the syllables are. If I had to make a suggestion I'd probably go with:

  Ubuntu, pronounced "oo-BOON-too", is seen [...]
  The Linux kernel, pronounced "lin-nuks", is the heart [...]
  The GNU Project, pronounced "guh-noo", was launched [...]

  Sam

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lp:ubuntu/karmic/ubuntu-docs
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datanalytics.com (cgb-datanalytics) wrote :

Confirmed on Intrepid Ibex.

Changed in ubuntu-docs:
status: New → Confirmed
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Dougie Richardson (dougierichardson) wrote :

Fair enough, although "lin-nuks" implies two n sounds rather than "li-nuks", which is what I've patched it too. The pronunciation of Linux is a little disputed as, this pronunciation is the given one but I have an interview with Linus where, when asked, he pronounces it "lee-nucks" (as in "lee-nus").

Changed in ubuntu-docs:
assignee: nobody → ddrichardson
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Dougie Richardson (dougierichardson) wrote :

For the sake of consistency, I also removed the capitalisation on "oo-BOON-too".

Changed in ubuntu-docs:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Matthew East (mdke) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-docs - 8.10.2

Changed in ubuntu-docs:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Timo Jyrinki (timo-jyrinki) wrote :

Unfortunately these changes introduced non-translatable strings for the release, bug 288574.

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

I saw this pronunciation guide change when reviewing the ubuntu-docs upload in the release team's queue. "li-nuks" is absolutely useless to an English speaker as a pronunciation guide - it's precisely the "i" that we need the pronunciation guide for, and the "guide" is now every bit as ambiguous as the root string.

Please either fix the pronunciation guide offered so that it's unambiguous ("linnuks" is fine by me; lih-nuks might be an appropriate alternative; I suppose I could suggest using IPA but I guess that wouldn't make it any clearer to the average user :), or drop it altogether.

Changed in ubuntu-docs:
status: Fix Released → New
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Dougie Richardson (dougierichardson) wrote :

I'll remove it all together.

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Dougie Richardson (dougierichardson) wrote :

Removed references to pronunciation, also addresses Bug #288574.

Changed in ubuntu-docs:
status: New → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-docs - 9.04.2

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ubuntu-docs (9.04.2) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Various serverguide fixes:
    - Grammar error (LP: #203829) - Dean Sas
    - Fix mailman dependencies (LP: #291772) - Morten Siebuhr
    - CVS installation error (LP: #298605) - Thomas M
    - Postfox installation error (LP: #306289) - Adam Sommer
    - SSH update (LP: #311900) - Dean Sas
    - unzoo replaced by zoo (LP: #312506)
    - Samba instructions update (LP: #313232) - Adam Sommer
    - Clearer SSL instructions (LP: #314951) - Adam Sommer
    - LDAP error (LP: #319179) - Adam Sommer
    - MoinMoin installation fix (LP: #320840) - Adam Sommer
    - Postfix ssl improvements (LP: #323203) - Adam Sommer
    - Ebox instructions error (LP: #324399) - Dean Sas
    - Typo in openssh section (LP: #325828) - Dean Sas
    - Typo in samba section (LP: #285484) - Nick Ellery
    - SSHD fix (LP: #295279) - Adam Sommer
    - Jeos fix (LP: #307582) - Adam Sommer
    - Remove reference to ebox-all package (LP: #322367) - Adam Sommer

  * Typo in "switching from windows" (LP: #309735)
  * Broken link in "programming" (LP: #310081) - Jonathan Jesse
  * lsb_release issue in "basic commands" (LP: #310713) - Thomas M
  * Updating logout instructions (LP: #327060) - Dean Sas
  * Updating all documents to use apt-url for installation instructions
  * Refreshing pot files for Rosetta
  * Recompress *.png files with 'advpng -z -4 file.png' to save space - Sahak Petrosyan
  * Improve instructions on pasting commands (LP: #185892) - Martin Mai
  * Rewrite of networking instructions (LP: #298513, LP: #321308, LP: #314680, LP: #321179) - Dougie Richardson
  * Amend punctuation of about-ubuntu (LP: #275592) - Dougie Richardson
  * Documentation for automatic login (LP: #290467) - Dougie Richardson

 -- Matthew East <email address hidden> Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:50:28 +0000

Changed in ubuntu-docs:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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