> From: Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Well, native English speakers pronounce Linus as Lie-nus (as in > Peanuts).. but Linus Torvalds is pronounced Lee-nus, and he says Linux > is Lee-nux. If he doesn't know, nobody does! So I'm with him. Since those would suggest only "LIE-nucks" and "LEE-nucks", I still wonder: Where did "LIH-nucks" come from? Did the sound come through someone speaking a language that has neither the long-e nor long-i sounds (of English) (so only a short i was perceived and repeated)? Was it just an odd perception of how the letters l-i-n-u-x would be pronounced? Hey, wait: Might it have come from Minix, which I assume is pronounce "MINN-..." (as in "minimal")? That's what Linus started with, right? Daniel -- Daniel Barclay [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hmm. A little worrisome: http://www.junkbusters.com/cgi-bin/privacy http://www.anonymizer.com/snoop.cgi )