ral Posted October 16, 2002 Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 I pronounce it Lee-nucks. Most of my friends pronounce it Lie-nucks...and I have seen a few more confusing articles on the subject: http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/superge...2189480,00.html http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/saylinux.htm http://humorix.org/articles/jul98/pronounce.shtml After having read the three articles No. 10 on the third articles seems the most correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ral Posted October 16, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 I had to add one more: "How to pronounce Linux Pronouncing the word `` Linux'' is one of the great mysteries of the Linux world. Americans pronounce the name Linus with a long i sound, as in pie. However, because Linux was originally based on a small, PC-based implementation of UNIX called ``Minix'' (pronounced with a short i), the actual pronunciation of Linux preserves this characteristic-it's LIH-nucks. Think Finnish." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted October 16, 2002 Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 Isn't this sort of a potato/potato, tomato/tomato kind of thing? Yes they like identical but pronounced differently and does it matter? Ok, I admit I'd like to know the "proper" pronunciation myself. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted October 16, 2002 Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 It's leh-niks as in Unix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest itti Posted October 16, 2002 Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 you americans really think you can pronounce everything the american way?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted October 16, 2002 Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 you americans really think you can pronounce everything the american way?... Well 1. not all of us are Americans and 2. How do you nonamericans say it. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted October 16, 2002 Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 Isn't there supposed to be a wav file or something in which Linus pronounces the word linux the way he usually does. I used to hear that all the time whenever I am using sndconfig. Anyway, Americans butchered the English language so much that they dare to butcher another language :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest frew Posted October 16, 2002 Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 Isn't there supposed to be a wav file or something in which Linus pronounces the word linux the way he usually does. I used to hear that all the time whenever I am using sndconfig. Anyway, Americans butchered the English language so much that they dare to butcher another language :) Goto the kernel website and in the ftp go into sillysounds, it has an au file of linus saying "(my name is| I am) linus torvalds and I pronounce linux as linux" btw...http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=linux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted October 17, 2002 Report Share Posted October 17, 2002 I think hes sneezing as he speaks... li *sneek* *sneek* *sneek* :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystified Posted October 17, 2002 Report Share Posted October 17, 2002 I've heard the .avi and it sounded the way cannonfodder described it. BTW, itti, I grew up in Germany, my mother was from Italy and I traveled all over Europe. I still have problems with American pronunciations. Americans like hard vowel sounds and I tend to make mine soft. I'm always having to ask my husband how to pronounce certain words. I get really frustrated when I go to purchase products with Italian names and Americans correct my pronunciation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ral Posted October 17, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2002 I think cannonfodder got it right: "I Personally say Linux rhyming with the English word cynics." http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/saylinux.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted October 17, 2002 Report Share Posted October 17, 2002 Interesting... very interesting... I've never heard it.. I was just goofing... how is this possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest duir66 Posted October 17, 2002 Report Share Posted October 17, 2002 Yup, linux as in cynics is the way I say it too. If you think this is bad, you've never heard a real American redneck say CD-Rom.... (it comes out "CD-Roam" and I was asked by such a character a few years back "wat dem CD-Roams do?") :lol: Just too bad he was related to me by marriage. Regional colloquialism is so much fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest itti Posted October 17, 2002 Report Share Posted October 17, 2002 i can´t tell you how to pronounce linux right, i´m not from sweden... here in germany everyone pronounces it as it were a german word, whats probably false. :( i think first you have to now how to say linus. then you have to "mix" it with unix :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted October 17, 2002 Report Share Posted October 17, 2002 I prononce it with a short 'i', but the real problem for me is to say how I prononce the 'u'. There's simply no way I can think of, to describe the French 'u' sound in English... Yves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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