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Paul Francis Gilbert (pfg@yallara.cs.rmit.EDU.AU) wrote:
: gpc01@wraith.cs.uow.edu.au (Graham Philip Crowe) writes:


: >Here is a .au file with Linus Torvalds saying how to pronounce Linux.
: >Linus created Linux, therefore Linus gets to name Linux and therefore the
: >pronunciation in this file is CORRECT.

: Interesting, if not a little pompous. I'm of the opinion that dialects vary
: around the world, and it our RIGHT to pronounce a word how our local dialect
: says it should be pronounced, rather than how someone says we should.

: Saying we should pronounce it in a particular way is just as ridiculous as
: the Americans saying colour should be spelled c-o-l-o-r. ;-)

Well, colour is not the name of something, I still think that the person
who wrote it and gets to name it should have the final say in what people
call it.

: PS: I'd still be interested in listening to the file. I've seen a few AU's
: on the Internet, and need to find a player for Win95. What is the actual
: name of the format, so I do a search for it?

I have not actually played this file for a while but from memory I just sent
it to the /dev file for the soundcard (under Linux of course) and it played

As for Win95 I'll tell you what I tell everyone else running that.
"Get a better OS (preferably Linux)"