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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. :twisted:

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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."

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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 :)

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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

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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. :twisted:

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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.:cry:

 

Regional colloquialism is so much fun.

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i can´t tell you how to pronounce linux right, i´m not from sweden... :oops:

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 :)

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