From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Aug 17 10:45:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mta07-svc.ntlworld.com (mta07-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CC6937B401 for ; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 10:45:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ntlworld.com) Received: from parish ([62.253.85.106]) by mta07-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.00 201-229-121) with ESMTP id <20010817174534.GYBR710.mta07-svc.ntlworld.com@parish>; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 18:45:34 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish (8.11.4/8.11.3) id f7HHjgI01260; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 18:45:42 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 18:45:42 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Alexander Langer Cc: John Murphy , doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Message-ID: <20010817184542.C275@parish> References: <20010817104449.B39559@fump.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de> <20010817182805.A275@parish> <20010817193240.A41560@fump.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010817193240.A41560@fump.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de>; from alex@big.endian.de on Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 07:32:40PM +0200 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 07:32:40PM +0200, Alexander Langer wrote: > Thus spake Mark Ovens (marko@FreeBSD.ORG): > > > > > The latter two seem more acronymy than the first... (I used to say > > > > Lie Nux!) > > > "Lie Nux" is correct. > > 'fraid not. It's "Linn ucks". Linus, after whom it is named, is only > > Oh, "Lie" as in "to lie"? > That's of course wrong, and "Linn" is correct. Oops, yes of course, "Lie" would be pronounced differently in German then English. Like "Die" as in Die Fledermaus (sp?) yes? > I thought he pronounces "Lie" liek the "Li" in "Linn". > I'd agree, it just sounds more like "Lee" to my ear. I did once suggest that we (FreeBSD) have our own version of the Linus sound file I referred to: My name is Jordan Hubbard and I pronounce "Linux" as "FreeBSD" > Alex > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message