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Also, on the Redhat 4.0 distribution, when you run the sound
configuration utility, to verify the setup it plays that sound file to
confirm the setup.

On Thu, 15 Oct 1998 09:29:08 +0100, Jason <jason20@netscape.net>
wrote:

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>Jay Link wrote:
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>> Hello,
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>> I just read an article in the New York Times in which the name "Linux"
>> was rhymed with the word "cynics".
>>
>> NO! NO! NO!
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>> How many of you are doing this?
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>> 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.
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>> 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
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>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
>:-)
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>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.
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>Jason
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