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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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