Cygwin Pronunciation

[Gerald Combs]

Jason Clinton wrote:
> On Wednesday 10 August 2005 09:36, Josh Charles wrote:
> 
>>Quick question - what is the proper pronunciation for "Cygwin?"
> 
> 
> I can't think of any words in the language that have a short 'y' sound in the 
> first syllable so I say "sigh-gwin".

Other than Cygnus?  Cygnus Solutions originally made Cygwin (before Red
Hat bought them).  Cygnus is pronounced 'sig-n&s according to m-w.com,
so I'd assume Cygwin is pronounced accordingly.