[Linux-aus] Open Source Desktop publishing software

Andrew Donnellan ajdlinux at gmail.com
Fri Jun 9 16:58:02 UTC 2006


On 6/9/06, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog at lemis.com> wrote:
> > It's call Gcompris, an anglification of the french 'je compris', 'I
> > understand' or 'I see....'

http://compris.net is connected with http://gnu.org - G may be for GNU as well.

>
> Heh.  In French, the letters G and J are prnnounced like in English,
> only the other way round: "G" in French is pronounced the same as "J"
> in English and vice versa.  This is obviously intended to be
> pronounced "j'ai compris", "I have understood".  "I understand" is "je
> comprends".

Based on my very limited French knowledge this would be right.

andrew

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