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diff --git a/hurd/what_is_the_gnu_hurd/gramatically_speaking.mdwn b/hurd/what_is_the_gnu_hurd/gramatically_speaking.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d5322693 --- /dev/null +++ b/hurd/what_is_the_gnu_hurd/gramatically_speaking.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +[[meta copyright="Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008 Free Software +Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[meta license="""[[toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled +[[GNU_Free_Documentation_License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[meta title="Grammatically speaking..."]] + +> *Hurd*, as an acronym, stands for *Hird of [[Unix]]-Replacing Daemons*. +> *Hird*, in turn, stands for *Hurd of Interfaces Representing Depth*. + +The Hurd has its share of linguistic debate. The subject of proper usage comes +up quite often. + +Although [[Thomas_Bushnell_states|origin_of_the_name]] that the word *Hurd* is +an acronym; we do not treat it as such, but rather as a concrete noun. We +treat *Hurd* as a title rather than as a proper name: it requires an article, +as in *the Hurd*. For instance: *The ext2 filesystem is provided by the Hurd, +not by Mach.* Note that all of the following are incorrect: *Hurd*, *HURD*, +*H.U.R.D.*, *The HURD*, and *the hurd*. + +Since the Hurd is part of the GNU Project, we also refer to it as *GNU Hurd* +which is treated as a proper noun. We write *the GNU Hurd* instead of *the +Hurd* when we want to emphasize that the Hurd is a GNU package. Once this has +been made clear, we usually use the shorter form, without *GNU*. + +The whole operating system includes not only the kernel and the system servers, +but also many more programs. This system is called *GNU*, or *the GNU +operating system*. The GNU programs can also run on other operating system +kernels. We say *GNU/Hurd* when we want to put emphasis on the fact that this +is the GNU system running on top of the Hurd, and to contrast it with the +GNU/Linux system which is GNU using Linux as the kernel. + +Finally, there is *Debian GNU/Hurd*. This refers to the distribution of the GNU +system as created by the Debian developers. For example: *What do you run on +your laptop? Debian GNU/Hurd, of course.* + +The French generally write *le Hurd*--that is, they treat the name as masculine +singular, capitalized as in English. + +When we are referring to the microkernel, we say *Mach* and use it as a proper +noun. For example: *Mach uses the device drivers found in version 2.0.x of +Linux.* We sometimes say *the Mach microkernel* instead of just *Mach*. + + +To pronounce the word *Hurd*, you should say the English word *herd*. This is +pronounced as *hɚd* using the International Phonetic Alphabet. diff --git a/hurd/what_is_the_gnu_hurd/origin_of_the_name.mdwn b/hurd/what_is_the_gnu_hurd/origin_of_the_name.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..677f100d --- /dev/null +++ b/hurd/what_is_the_gnu_hurd/origin_of_the_name.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +[[meta copyright="Copyright © 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 +Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[meta license="""[[toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled +[[GNU_Free_Documentation_License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[meta title="Origin of the Name"]] + +<!-- TODO. Source? --> + +According to Thomas Bushnell, the primary architect of the Hurd: + +> *Hurd*, as an acronym, stands for *Hird of [[Unix]]-Replacing Daemons*. +> *Hird*, in turn, stands for *Hurd of Interfaces Representing Depth*. + +> We have here, to my knowledge, the first software to be named by a pair of +> mutually recursive acronyms. + +[Quoting](http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/help-hurd/2002-10/msg00099.html) +him further: + +> The name *Hurd* was invented by me, as an alternate spelling for the English +> word *herd*. *Hird* is just another alternate spelling for the same word. +> By the [[normal_rules_of_English_orthography|gramatically_speaking]], they +> all have the same pronunciations. + + +--- + +<!-- TODO. Source? Or remove? --> + +In other contexts: + +One contributor from Norway described two other uses of Hird. + + * "the kings men", a name given to the men accompanying the Norwegian kings at about + year 1000 and on. + + This was later coined by V. Quisling when he formed a party with + nationalistic traits to denote a set of helpers promoting his agenda of + national and Nordic ideas. + + * a symbol of collaboration with the (German) enemy used in World War II. |