tyme Posted June 26, 2003 Report Share Posted June 26, 2003 You say Gah-nome, I say nome, you say gah-imp, i say jimp, you say lie-nix, i say lin-ix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoopy Posted June 26, 2003 Report Share Posted June 26, 2003 :mystilol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
static Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 Ah, but does not Linus himself say lin-ix? Thus, there is an argument in our favour, por favor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 I'm sure the GIMP guys spent a lot of time congrating themselves over a name which would spark such discussions.... Still, they deserve it :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 Ah, but does not Linus himself say lin-ix? Thus, there is an argument in our favour, por favor? actually, on some older versions of mandrake, there was a sound clip used for testing your sound card in mandrake control center's hardware config tool. it was Linus, saying, "My name is Linus Torvalds, and I pronounce Lin-ix Lie-nix" ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystified Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 There was a website with an audio file that said the same thing. Only it was kind of hard to understand so I never could figure out exactly how he was pronouncing it. I do remember something about it rhymes with cynics though. :? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris:b Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 There was a website with an audio file that said the same thing. Only it was kind of hard to understand so I never could figure out exactly how he was pronouncing it. I do remember something about it rhymes with cynics though. :? http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/saylinux.htm you can download the avi-file and listen to Linus. btw the 'u' in Linux is not an 'i' :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 btw the 'u' in Linux is not an 'i' :lol: fully aware of that, but some people pronounce the u as if it were an i. my intent was phonetical spelling, not actual ;-) (I'm one of those people where Linux sounds like Lin-ix, not Lin-ux (to me, the sound difference is that of "icks" and "ucks"....if that makes sense :? ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris:b Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 fully aware of that, but some people pronounce the u as if it were an i. my intent was phonetical spelling, not actual ;-) (I'm one of those people where Linux sounds like Lin-ix, not Lin-ux (to me, the sound difference is that of "icks" and "ucks"....if that makes sense :? ) tyme: :wub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 fully aware of that, but some people pronounce the u as if it were an i. my intent was phonetical spelling, not actual ;-) (I'm one of those people where Linux sounds like Lin-ix, not Lin-ux (to me, the sound difference is that of "icks" and "ucks"....if that makes sense :? ) tyme: :wub: :shock: :huh: :?: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugerobot Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 Ok... how do you pronounce Gkrellm? is it 1. GEE-KAY-RELL-EM 2. GEE-KAY-RELLM 3. GUH-KRELLM 4. GEE-KRELLM 5. GEE-KRELL-EM or (My personal choice:) 6. HOWTHAF*CKDOYOUSAYTHAT edited by tyme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 Option #4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugerobot Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 Really, if I had to make a serious guess, I would have thought 5....because of the word krell being part of it. I know what a krell is... I don't know what a krellm is. And I'm not just arguing because you edited my post!!! :) No matter what it is, its a stupid name... Kinda on/off topic, but I've often thought that the program names in linux are part of the problem with adoption? have you noticed that apps like Open Office are very popular, while apps like gnucash and gaim (and gkrellm) are known but not as popular, possibly because people dont know how to say it. While I'm at it, I'm assuming gnucash is pronounced GUH-NOO-CASH and gaim is pronounced GAME (like video game) Yes? No? A rose by any other name would still be pronounced X-KGNUROSE if it ran on Linux! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 i do pronounce gaim as game. i've never really said gnucash, but i'd probably say it as you said since that's how i pronounce GNU and you should feel special, that's the first post i've edited! ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted June 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2003 Actually in my head, I've been pronouncing it gee-kremlin which of course is all wrong :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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