Re: Prouncing LyX - help with sound file

2006-07-19 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 05:16:12PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: On Sun, 16 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The pronounciation bit is pretty interesting though... It is also interesting how you Americans usually can't hear the difference between the vowel sound Swedes/Norwegians make when

Re: Prouncing LyX - help with sound file

2006-07-19 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 16 July 2006 03:57 am, Andre Poenitz wrote: On Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 05:16:12PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: On Sun, 16 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The pronounciation bit is pretty interesting though... It is also interesting how you Americans usually can't hear the

Re: Prouncing LyX - help with sound file

2006-07-19 Thread Richard Heck
On Sun, 16 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The pronounciation bit is pretty interesting though... It is also interesting how you Americans usually can't hear the difference between the vowel sound Swedes/Norwegians make when pronouncing LyX compared to eg licks. This kind of difference

Re: Prouncing LyX - help with sound file

2006-07-19 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 05:16:12PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: On Sun, 16 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The pronounciation bit is pretty interesting though... It is also interesting how you Americans usually can't hear the difference between the vowel sound Swedes/Norwegians make when

Re: Prouncing LyX - help with sound file

2006-07-19 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 16 July 2006 03:57 am, Andre Poenitz wrote: On Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 05:16:12PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: On Sun, 16 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The pronounciation bit is pretty interesting though... It is also interesting how you Americans usually can't hear the

Re: Prouncing LyX - help with sound file

2006-07-19 Thread Richard Heck
On Sun, 16 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The pronounciation bit is pretty interesting though... It is also interesting how you Americans usually can't hear the difference between the vowel sound Swedes/Norwegians make when pronouncing LyX compared to eg licks. This kind of difference

Re: Prouncing "LyX" - help with sound file

2006-07-19 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 05:16:12PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 16 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >The pronounciation bit is pretty interesting though... > > >It is also interesting how you Americans usually can't hear the difference > >between the vowel sound Swedes/Norwegians

Re: Prouncing "LyX" - help with sound file

2006-07-19 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 16 July 2006 03:57 am, Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 05:16:12PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: > > On Sun, 16 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >The pronounciation bit is pretty interesting though... > > > > > >It is also interesting how you Americans usually can't hear

Re: Prouncing "LyX" - help with sound file

2006-07-19 Thread Richard Heck
On Sun, 16 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The pronounciation bit is pretty interesting though... It is also interesting how you Americans usually can't hear the difference between the vowel sound Swedes/Norwegians make when pronouncing "LyX" compared to eg "licks". This kind of

Re: Prouncing LyX - help with sound file

2006-07-18 Thread Richard Downing
Ed Gatzke wrote: Why can't computer people come up with pronounceable names like Windows, Word, and Excel? You do know that they are pronounced: Windowz, Wierd, and ExChill - don't you? R

Re: Prouncing LyX - help with sound file

2006-07-18 Thread Richard Downing
Ed Gatzke wrote: Why can't computer people come up with pronounceable names like Windows, Word, and Excel? You do know that they are pronounced: Windowz, Wierd, and ExChill - don't you? R

Re: Prouncing "LyX" - help with sound file

2006-07-18 Thread Richard Downing
Ed Gatzke wrote: Why can't computer people come up with pronounceable names like Windows, Word, and Excel? You do know that they are pronounced: Windowz, Wierd, and ExChill - don't you? R

Re: Prouncing LyX - help with sound file

2006-07-17 Thread Daniel Watkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ed Gatzke wrote: Why can't computer people come up with pronounceable names like Windows, Word, and Excel? Because we don't get to be as smug and superior. :p Dan -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux)

Re: Prouncing LyX - help with sound file

2006-07-17 Thread Daniel Watkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ed Gatzke wrote: Why can't computer people come up with pronounceable names like Windows, Word, and Excel? Because we don't get to be as smug and superior. :p Dan -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux)

Re: Prouncing "LyX" - help with sound file

2006-07-17 Thread Daniel Watkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ed Gatzke wrote: > Why can't computer people come up with pronounceable names like Windows, > Word, and Excel? Because we don't get to be as smug and superior. :p Dan -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux)

Re: Prouncing LyX - help with sound file

2006-07-16 Thread Roy Schestowitz
___/ On Sun 16 Jul 2006 01:16:12 BST, [ Rich Shepard ] wrote : \___ On Sun, 16 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The pronounciation bit is pretty interesting though... It is also interesting how you Americans usually can't hear the difference between the vowel sound Swedes/Norwegians make

Re: Prouncing LyX - help with sound file

2006-07-16 Thread Paul A. Rubin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 15 Jul 2006, Rich Shepard wrote: The pronounciation bit is pretty interesting though... I suspect that the sound snippet where Linus Torvalds pronounces linux helped promote linux quite a bit... Not to mention settling more than a few arguments -- as the

Re: Prouncing LyX - help with sound file

2006-07-16 Thread Roy Schestowitz
___/ On Sun 16 Jul 2006 01:16:12 BST, [ Rich Shepard ] wrote : \___ On Sun, 16 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The pronounciation bit is pretty interesting though... It is also interesting how you Americans usually can't hear the difference between the vowel sound Swedes/Norwegians make

Re: Prouncing LyX - help with sound file

2006-07-16 Thread Paul A. Rubin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 15 Jul 2006, Rich Shepard wrote: The pronounciation bit is pretty interesting though... I suspect that the sound snippet where Linus Torvalds pronounces linux helped promote linux quite a bit... Not to mention settling more than a few arguments -- as the

Re: Prouncing "LyX" - help with sound file

2006-07-16 Thread Roy Schestowitz
___/ On Sun 16 Jul 2006 01:16:12 BST, [ Rich Shepard ] wrote : \___ On Sun, 16 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The pronounciation bit is pretty interesting though... It is also interesting how you Americans usually can't hear the difference between the vowel sound Swedes/Norwegians make

Re: Prouncing "LyX" - help with sound file

2006-07-16 Thread Paul A. Rubin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 15 Jul 2006, Rich Shepard wrote: The pronounciation bit is pretty interesting though... I suspect that the sound snippet where Linus Torvalds pronounces "linux" helped promote linux quite a bit... Not to mention settling more than a few arguments -- as

Re: Prouncing LyX - help with sound file

2006-07-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 15 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Juergen has written the page http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Pronunciation that explains a bit about how LyX is pronounced. We are however missing sound files that examplify how different people, users and developers, actually pronounce the word. Having

Re: Prouncing LyX - help with sound file

2006-07-15 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Sat, 15 Jul 2006, Rich Shepard wrote: On Sat, 15 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Juergen has written the page http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Pronunciation that explains a bit about how LyX is pronounced. We are however missing sound files that examplify how different people, users and

Re: Prouncing LyX - help with sound file

2006-07-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 15 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Juergen has written the page http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Pronunciation that explains a bit about how LyX is pronounced. We are however missing sound files that examplify how different people, users and developers, actually pronounce the word. Having

Re: Prouncing LyX - help with sound file

2006-07-15 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Sat, 15 Jul 2006, Rich Shepard wrote: On Sat, 15 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Juergen has written the page http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Pronunciation that explains a bit about how LyX is pronounced. We are however missing sound files that examplify how different people, users and

Re: Prouncing "LyX" - help with sound file

2006-07-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 15 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Juergen has written the page http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Pronunciation that explains a bit about how "LyX" is pronounced. We are however missing sound files that examplify how different people, users and developers, actually pronounce the word.

Re: Prouncing "LyX" - help with sound file

2006-07-15 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Sat, 15 Jul 2006, Rich Shepard wrote: On Sat, 15 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Juergen has written the page http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Pronunciation that explains a bit about how "LyX" is pronounced. We are however missing sound files that examplify how different people, users and