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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
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