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
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!
From: Tele2 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Naturally, the poor saps at KDE didn't get it right. Any fool can say KDE
:-()
Well, like, k-DUH!
Daniel
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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
of Linux that important?
From: Tele2 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Naturally, the poor saps at KDE didn't get it right. Any fool can say
KDE :-()
Well, like, k-DUH!
Daniel
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Daniel Barclay
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On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 04:28:59PM -0500, Bart Szyszka wrote:
I just read this article and thought the beginning was rather harsh:
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,34079,00.html
Is the pronunciation of the word 'Linux' that much of an issue? So
Because it's rude to pronounce names
On Thu, Feb 10, 2000 at 12:59:59AM -0800, George Bonser wrote:
On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
Because it's rude to pronounce names wrongly?
Leinux or Lienux though a spelling of Linnux would remove all ambiguity.
Well, native English speakers pronounce Linus as Lie-nus (as in
Linus' own pronunciation of linux is not consistent. I've head
him use each of the main pronunciation forms at various times, and
often within the same conversation or speech.
I say we settle it once and for all, and all agree to pronounce it Fred!
Exactly, who really cares HOW you say Debian
Exactly, who really cares HOW you say Debian Gnu/Linux ? getting bent over
the pronunciation of a couple of words is, quite frankly, stupid.
I don't think anyone was doing that in this thread specifically, but I was
just wondering if the pronunciations are an issue in the Linux community
in
Exactly, who really cares HOW you say Debian Gnu/Linux ? getting bent over
the pronunciation of a couple of words is, quite frankly, stupid.
I don't think anyone was doing that in this thread specifically, but I was
just wondering if the pronunciations are an issue in the Linux community
in
Linus' own pronunciation of linux is not consistent. I've head
him use each of the main pronunciation forms at various times, and
often within the same conversation or speech.
I say we settle it once and for all, and all agree to pronounce it Fred!
That'll confuse those guys in Redmond, huh!
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