https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=300184#c12
--- Comment #12 from Benjamin Weber 2007-08-16 05:35:58 MST ---
The OED states:
gnu: A South African quadruped (Catoblepas gnu), belonging to the antelope
family, but resembling an ox or buffalo in shape; also known by its Dutch name
wildebeest. The brindled gnu (Catoblepas gorgon) is a distinct species.
It also notes that Gnu was used to refer to this animal as early as 1777.
OED defines wildebeest as :
The gnu, Connochætes taurinus or C. gnou.
Which seems fairly conclusive, the preferred spelling is Gnu, unless you are
dutch.
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