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Date:      Thu, 22 Apr 1999 05:55:05 -0700
From:      Darren Pilgrim <dpilgrim@uswest.net>
To:        Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com>
Cc:        paul@originative.co.uk, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: When speaking about unix...
Message-ID:  <371F1C29.2E0A9EDA@uswest.net>
References:  <A6D02246E1ABD2119F5200C0F0303D10FF05@octopus> <371F1915.7E2AC5E0@uk.radan.com>

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Mark Ovens wrote:
> paul@originative.co.uk wrote:
>> Linux being one of my favourites since despite
>> Linus putting out a sound sample of how it should be pronounced most users
>> still insist it's the other way.
>  
> That's because most English speakers think Linus is pronounced
> Line-uss, as in Charlie Brown & Peanuts.
> 
> As Linus proves in the sound sample you mentioned, Scandanavians
> pronounce it Leen-uus.

I and my good friend Sam (who got me into Linux way back at kernel
v1.2) pronounce it Lih-nicks.


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