Re: LINUX BUDDIES NEEDED

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From: Walt Howard
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 00:00

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On Thu, 24 Jul 1997 21:43:11 GMT, Tired_Of_Spam@earthlink.net
(Shane) wrote:

>On 18 Jul 1997 16:30:04 GMT, "Domingo E Goyena"
><dgoyena.NOSPAM@thermotrex.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Sean P. Sitter <psitter@erie.net> wrote in article
>><33CF6438.4ACF@erie.net>...
>>> Michael Girone 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 called it "Line-x"...and I still do...I'm too lazy to change...besides,
>>I've had Italian instructs thash my name Domingo to Dominic...and the
>>latter is not on my birth certificate.
>
>Phonetically, the spelling of Linux would suggest that you pronouce it
>"Lie-nix."  And the pronounciation of the name of its creator (Linus)
>should certainly suggest that.
>
	You're all wrong. In the Linux Bible there's an article that
states it's pronounced:

	Lin-oox.

	 I think it has to with the REAL pronunciation with Linus in
his native language.

	Walt Howard

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From: walth@netcom.com (Walt Howard)
Subject: Re: LINUX BUDDIES NEEDED
Date: 1997/07/25
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