This is a dumb question. Is Linux pronounced as (Li - nux) where Li is like in 'lit' or like in 'lie'.
Nikhil
On 7/17/05, Nikhil Marathe nsm.nikhil@gmail.com wrote:
This is a dumb question. Is Linux pronounced as (Li - nux) where Li is like in 'lit' or like in 'lie'.
It's not a dumb question considering that half the people mispronounce linux. The debate over the pronounciation was settled long time ago by Linus himself (remember sndconfig on Old linux distros ??). Linux is pronounced as "Lee-knucks".
:) Cheers Vinayak H
Sometime on Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 03:31:06PM +0530, Vinayak Hegde said:
On 7/17/05, Nikhil Marathe nsm.nikhil@gmail.com wrote:
This is a dumb question. Is Linux pronounced as (Li - nux) where Li is like in 'lit' or like in 'lie'.
It's not a dumb question considering that half the people mispronounce linux. The debate over the pronounciation was settled long time ago by Linus himself (remember sndconfig on Old linux distros ??). Linux is pronounced as "Lee-knucks".
Another opinion:
http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23394
<quote> I guess I'm stupid then because i pronounce it Li-nux (lie nux) because the name came from Linus (lie-nus). I refuse to pronounce it lin-ux or lin-us because i don't believe in this creative license that people take in pronouncing their name differently.... the name Linus (lie-nus) is a lot older than Linus Torvalds!
Robert is pronounced raw-bert, and i don't care if other Robert's want it pronounced differently, it's how it should always be pronounced! </quote>
Anurag
On 7/17/05, Anurag anurag@bsd.miki.eu.org wrote:
Sometime on Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 03:31:06PM +0530, Vinayak Hegde said:
On 7/17/05, Nikhil Marathe nsm.nikhil@gmail.com wrote:
This is a dumb question. Is Linux pronounced as (Li - nux) where Li is like in 'lit' or like in 'lie'.
It's not a dumb question considering that half the people mispronounce linux. The debate over the pronounciation was settled long time ago by Linus himself (remember sndconfig on Old linux distros ??). Linux is pronounced as "Lee-knucks".
A google search threw up these links: http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/ http://www.safalra.com/science/linguistics/linux.html
On Sun, 2005-07-17 at 15:53, Anurag wrote: <snip/>
Another opinion:
http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23394
<quote> I guess I'm stupid then because i pronounce it Li-nux (lie nux) because the name came from Linus (lie-nus). I refuse to pronounce it lin-ux or lin-us because i don't believe in this creative license that people take in pronouncing their name differently.... the name Linus (lie-nus) is a lot older than Linus Torvalds!
Robert is pronounced raw-bert, and i don't care if other Robert's want it pronounced differently, it's how it should always be pronounced!
</quote>
Anurag
I suppose it hasn't occurred to you that the same name can be pronounced differently in different languages, huh?
-gabin
Sometime Today, GK cobbled together some glyphs to say:
I suppose it hasn't occurred to you that the same name can be pronounced differently in different languages, huh?
Well, you have to look at the origin of the name. In this case, it's greek. Lambda iota nu omicron sigma. Pronounced Lie-nos.
http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=linus
On Sun, 2005-07-17 at 17:50, Philip Tellis wrote:
Sometime Today, GK cobbled together some glyphs to say:
I suppose it hasn't occurred to you that the same name can be pronounced differently in different languages, huh?
Well, you have to look at the origin of the name. In this case, it's greek. Lambda iota nu omicron sigma. Pronounced Lie-nos.
If you did that with "linux", you'd have to call it the way its originator does, wouldn't ya?
-gabin
Sometime Today, GK cobbled together some glyphs to say:
If you did that with "linux", you'd have to call it the way its originator does, wouldn't ya?
isn't that how I do it? Actually, I pronounced linux that way even before I knew it was written by someone named Linus and before I'd heard about GNU and Free Software.
On Sun, 2005-07-17 at 22:01, Philip Tellis wrote:
Sometime Today, GK cobbled together some glyphs to say:
If you did that with "linux", you'd have to call it the way its originator does, wouldn't ya?
isn't that how I do it? Actually, I pronounced linux that way even before I knew it was written by someone named Linus and before I'd heard about GNU and Free Software.
I'm a little confused (or hung over. I'm not sure:) I thought you said it ought to be lie-nux. And frankly, I'm with Maddog. It doesn't really matter. A rose by any other name would have just as many thorns. :)
-gabin
Sometime Today, GK cobbled together some glyphs to say:
I'm a little confused (or hung over. I'm not sure:) I thought you said it ought to be lie-nux. And frankly, I'm with Maddog. It doesn't
I didn't say that's how I pronounce it :P I said that's how the Greeks pronounce Linus. I said nothing about the pronounciation of linux.
On Mon, 2005-07-18 at 11:30, Philip Tellis wrote:
Sometime Today, GK cobbled together some glyphs to say:
I'm a little confused (or hung over. I'm not sure:) I thought you said it ought to be lie-nux. And frankly, I'm with Maddog. It doesn't
I didn't say that's how I pronounce it :P I said that's how the Greeks pronounce Linus. I said nothing about the pronounciation of linux.
That's ok then. Beer on me the next time we meet :)
Sometime Today, VH cobbled together some glyphs to say:
Linus himself (remember sndconfig on Old linux distros ??). Linux is pronounced as "Lee-knucks".
I've never heard the k in there before.
On 7/17/05, Philip Tellis philip.tellis@gmx.net wrote:
Sometime Today, VH cobbled together some glyphs to say:
Linus himself (remember sndconfig on Old linux distros ??). Linux is pronounced as "Lee-knucks".
I've never heard the k in there before.
I stand corrected. It should be "Lee-nucks"
--> Vinayak H
On Sun, 2005-07-17 at 09:06, Nikhil Marathe wrote:
This is a dumb question. Is Linux pronounced as (Li - nux) where Li is like in 'lit' or like in 'lie'.
Its spelled L I N U X, but pronounced "not windows", or "creative", or "stable", or "the best thing since sliced bread", or...
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Nikhil Marathe wrote:
Is Linux pronounced as (Li - nux) where Li is like in 'lit' or like in 'lie'.
Refer the following web page URL for the correct pronunciation: http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/
-- Clinton Goveas - http://www.clintongoveas.com/
Hi,
Nikhil Marathe wrote:
Is Linux pronounced as (Li - nux) where Li is like
in 'lit'
or like in 'lie'.
"If you come a place like Finland, you would pronounce it as 'Liinux'. Some parts of the United States pronounce it as Li-nux. Linus says it doesn't matter how you pronounce it, as long as you simply use it" - Jon "Maddog" Hall in The.Code.Linux.avi
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