Somehow, all this talk of gnu makes me think of the crotchety old man Mr. Magoo...



>>>>Gnu IS pronounced guh-noo, unlike gnat (nat).
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>>>But it should be pronounced like gnoo, not g...noo. Gn as two consecutive consonants without a dramatic smoke break between them. Gn as in "dignity" without di.
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>>It's hard to do, to pronounce a guh-noo
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>But you are perfectly capable of pronouncing it in mid-word, so what's the problem when it begins the word.