Hello from Gregg C Levine Funny you should say that, John. My ISP, says it that way, when they ask "Are you a Linux user?", and suggest where to go to get advice. Be warned, the users of AT&T commercial services, have not updated that site in years. Turns out my distribution had it all figured out before I did. ------------------- Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------ "The Force will be with you...Always." Obi-Wan Kenobi "Use the Force, Luke."� Obi-Wan Kenobi (This company dedicates this E-Mail to General Obi-Wan Kenobi ) (This company dedicates this E-Mail to Master Yoda )
> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > John Summerfield > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 8:59 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] OT - Correct pronunciation od SuSE? > > On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Alan Altmark wrote: > > > On Wednesday, 08/06/2003 at 07:27 ZE8, John Summerfield > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Linus bases the pronunciation of Linux on the way he says Linus, but we > > > pronounce Linus quite differently. > > > > You know, I couldn't care less whether someone says "LEE-nooks," > > "LEE-nucks," "LIN-ooks," or "LIN-uks," but I do get upset when I hear > > "LINE-uks". It seems to be just *too* anglicized for my comfort. At > > Actually, I don't say LINE-uks - I got brainwashed before I thought > about it, but OTOH if someone does pronounce it that way, I figure they > don't know enough about the Linux to be useful;-) > > > > > least the others sound closer to the way Linus says it. In one sense, my > > pronounciation is arbitrary anyway, so why *not* use a version which is > > closer to the way the author pronounces it? (But if you buy an IBM > > eServer box from me, you can prounounce "Linux" any way you darn well > > please and I'll promise to like it! ;-) ) > > > > [Interesting discussion of human nature that has no resolution. It is our > > natural tendency to take that which is "foreign", or "not us", and co-opt > > it to be "native", or "us".] > > In these time of so much communication in writing, any way a native > speaker of the language would pronounce it is reasonable. So, lie-nux is > reasonable, Noppix is reasonable (and Klaus Nopper would have to get > used to his new name if he came here to live because there's no way he's > going to educate 20 million Aussies to pronounce the K in Knoppix or > Knopper). > > Some, particularly with names ending in ic, have changed the spelling of > their names to end in ich to get peoples' pronunciation right, then > people "got educated" and say ick. > > In Germany I would have to learn an alternative way to pronounce my > name, but then people have called me worse. > > > > -- > > > Cheers > John. > > Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at > http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb > Copyright John Summerfield. Reproduction prohibited.
