[spcmnspff]

The GNU is usually pronounced "gah-new" rather than "new".

http://www.gnu.org/events/rms-nyu-2001-transcript.txt "But, when it's the name of our system, the correct pronunciation is "guh-NEW" -- pronounce the hard "G". If you talk about the "new" operating system, you'll get people very confused, because we've been working on it for 17 years now, so it is not new any more. [Laughter] But it still is, and always will be, GNU -- no matter how many people call it Linux by mistake. [Laughter]"