Re: Pronounciation of Linux that important? - curiosity about origin

2000-02-20 Thread Daniel Barclay
From: Eric G . Miller egm2@jps.net Was it just an odd perception of how the letters l-i-n-u-x would be pronounced? Well, this poor sap, never having heard the word pronouned, and before hearing the Linn-Uhks vs. Lie-nucks debates, came up with the Lie-nucks pronunciation based on

Re: Pronounciation of Linux that important? - curiosity about origin

2000-02-19 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Fri, Feb 18, 2000 at 12:25:30AM -0500, Daniel Barclay wrote: 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!

Re: Pronounciation of Linux that important? - curiosity about origin

2000-02-18 Thread Daniel Barclay
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