On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 1:15 AM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <h...@goldelico.com> wrote: > Linux is pronounced in english as "Line-ugs" (/ˈlɪnəks/ [1]). I.e. it should > be "phon-ugs". > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux
Just as an FYI from a native speaker, /ˈlɪnəks/ would be lin-əks With "lin" which sounds like bin or the proper name Lynn and the 'ə' having the same sound as the 'a' in "about". It's also a 'k' sound (as in kind) here and not a 'g'. The linked wikidpedia article is quite helpful with mouse-over tooltips for the pronunciation for each letter in /ˈlɪnəks/ Thus, it would be phon-əks here by your reasoning. But because phoenux is just phoenix with the 'i' changed to a 'u', I'd pronounce it exactly the same way but with an 'ə' sound for the u. So based on the wikipedia's article: [2] pronunciation of phoenix: /ˈfiːnɪks/ I'd say phoenux would thus be: /ˈfiːnəks/ [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community