Re: LINUX BUDDIES NEEDED

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From: Hamish Moffatt
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 00:00

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Michael Girone (mgirone@gladsheim.rutgers.edu) wrote:
: 	I have a pronunciation question.
: 	Is Linux pronounced "Lin-ix" (with a short "i" like in "bin"),
: 	"Lie-nix" (with a long "i" like in "tie"),
: 	"Lie-nux", or
: 	"Lin-ux"?
: 
: 	I've talked to plenty of people, and everyone insists that
: the way they say it is the correct way.

I say "Lin-ux" (as in bin). Now since Linux is a parody on Linus,
and we pronounce Linus as "Lie-nus" normally, you'd think it would
be "Lie-nux." Well, Linus himself, in the .AU file of it,
pronounces his name "Lee-nus", which would make it "Lee-nux."

Change it to "Lin-ux" for ocker Australian value perhaps. ;-)


Hamish
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From: moffatt@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au (Hamish Moffatt)
Subject: Re: LINUX BUDDIES NEEDED
Date: 1997/07/18
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