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gpc01@wraith.cs.uow.edu.au (Graham Philip Crowe) writes:

>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)"

That reminds me of a joke:
"The application said it requires Windows 95 or better, so I installed Linux."

Seriously though, I'm not trying to sound unappreciative of the wonderfull
thing Linus did... creating Linux, but I do think that those of it who want to
prenounce it a certain should be allowed to do so. It's only nitpicking after
all. For example, Borland made Delphi, a wonderfull RAD tool. Now, they claim
it should be pronounced Del-phigh, which is in contention with the original
Delphi word (Oracle at Delphi) pronounced Del-phee. Most people I know of 
outside America still pronounce Delphi as Del-phee... and frankly, I don't
see any problem with having different pronounciations of the one word.

Remember the old song "You say tomato, I say tomato. You say potato, I say
potato." It doesn't really matter, does it?

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Paul Gilbert           | pfg@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au
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