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Jay Link wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I just read an article in the New York Times in which the name "Linux"
> was rhymed with the word "cynics".
>
> NO! NO! NO!
>
> How many of you are doing this?
>
> Linus Torvalds, the Finnish creator of Linux, pronounces "Linux" as
> "Lee-nucks". This is because it is based on his name, which he ostensibly
> pronounces as "Lee-nus".
>
> Linux is Linus + UNIX.
>
> Now, if you want to Americanize "Linux", you would base it on the American
> pronunciation of "Linus", which is "Ly-nus". Therefore, "Linux", in
> American English, would be pronounced "Ly-nucks" or "Ly-nicks".
>
> It is NOT "Linn-ucks", like the name Lynn or Linn. You don't pronounce
> the name "Linus" as "Linn-us", do you?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Jay Link
> InterLink BBS
>
> Posted to: ahn.tech.linux

If I remember rightly, with a little net searching there is actually an audio
clip of Linus stating how he pronounces Linux....thats how old this debate is
:-)

Not that it helps that much....counteract the accent and you get somewhere
between Lee-nucks and Linn-ucks. I personally wander around between the two
:-) probably favouring the latter.

Jason