Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 18:45:42 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> Cc: John Murphy <jfm@blueyonder.co.uk>, doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: <acronym> Message-ID: <20010817184542.C275@parish> In-Reply-To: <20010817193240.A41560@fump.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de>; from alex@big.endian.de on Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 07:32:40PM %2B0200 References: <hinont8fhal36o8pusq5c3jvc9t2thmdll@4ax.com> <20010817104449.B39559@fump.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de> <20010817182805.A275@parish> <20010817193240.A41560@fump.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de>
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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
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