iphitus Posted June 30, 2003 Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 JEEK-RELLIM (gkrellm) LIE-YEN-UCKS (linux) GOYME (gaim GEEMP (gimp) NORWYME (gnome) (say with australian accent) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRTee Posted June 30, 2003 Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 On the pronounciation of our beloved OS, the main man has his say here: http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1992A...sinki.FI&rnum=3 which leads to LEE-NUCKS (Bruce Lee nuckles or so..), not LIE-NUX (it's a lie) Or maybe I am messing up between another life I have/had on the side... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyv Posted June 30, 2003 Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 On the pronounciation of our beloved OS, the main man has his say here:http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1992A...sinki.FI&rnum=3 which leads to LEE-NUCKS (Bruce Lee nuckles or so..), not LIE-NUX (it's a lie) Or maybe I am messing up between another life I have/had on the side... Huh i have heard linus pronounce it as lin as in lindows nix as in unix in the mp3 file("Hello, this is Linus Torvalds, and I pronounce Linux as Linux!"). http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/t...-says-linux.mp3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted June 30, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 I pronounce it "loonix" because all linux users are crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 Huh i have heard linus pronounce it as lin as in lindows nix as in unix in the mp3 file("Hello, this is Linus Torvalds, and I pronounce Linux as Linux!").http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/t...-says-linux.mp3 It sounds like lee-ucks in that to me. But i see how you could get it wrong, it's close, maybe even halfway between icks and ucks. :shock: James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 because all linux users are crazy speak for yourself! My talking bunny and I are not in the least bit crazy? Are we, Fred? Nope, not crazy at all, tyme. Darn right, Fred! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 Fred?? Don't you mean Harvey?? :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 Fred?? Don't you mean Harvey?? :wink: Actually, I meant Frank. The bunny from Donnie Darko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qnr Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 Harvey wasn't a bunny darnit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRTee Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 On the pronounciation of our beloved OS, the main man has his say here:http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1992A...sinki.FI&rnum=3 which leads to LEE-NUCKS (Bruce Lee nuckles or so..), not LIE-NUX (it's a lie) Or maybe I am messing up between another life I have/had on the side... Huh i have heard linus pronounce it as lin as in lindows nix as in unix in the mp3 file("Hello, this is Linus Torvalds, and I pronounce Linux as Linux!").http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/t...-says-linux.mp3 No that is correct, the problem is with the western/latin transcription of Lee as in Bruce Lee. In any case, it should not sound like (big fat) LIE - nucks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris:b Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 Any idea how to pronounce: Jotta rakennetyöttömien osuutta työvoimasta voidaan vähentää tulisi veronalennukset Vihreän it's Finnish, i suppose... ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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