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How to pronounce Ubuntu and where did the name come from?

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I was wondering how to properly pronounce and where the word UBUNTU came from?

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(operating_system)

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marcus aurelius (adbiz) said : 		#2

in case you didn't learn the IPA, the u: is pronounced "oo" as in boo.
ubuntu = oo-boon-too

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