View Poll Results: How do yuo say it?
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July 2nd, 2003, 10:10 AM
#1
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How do you say Linux?
Just wondering, ive used linux since 1992 and have always said it the old way.. it seems people say it lin-ex, not li-nucks
oh-well its a po-ta-to and pa-tot-o type thing
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July 2nd, 2003, 11:48 AM
#2
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July 2nd, 2003, 12:44 PM
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July 2nd, 2003, 02:30 PM
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I would pronounce it Lye nucks... this is because at school I was taught that if a vowel followed a single consonant, it would make the previous vowel "soft".... however Linux isn't English is it? So how does Torvalds pronounce it?
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July 2nd, 2003, 02:38 PM
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Originally posted by NooNoo
I would pronounce it Lye nucks... this is because at school I was taught that if a vowel followed a single consonant, it would make the previous vowel "soft".... however Linux isn't English is it? So how does Torvalds pronounce it?
He pronounces it between "Lin-ux" and "Lean-ux", as opposed to "Line-ux".
More confusion here: http://hostingworks.com/support/dict.phtml?foldoc=Linux
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=linux
http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/
Last link points to an MP3 of Linus Torvalds: http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronuncia...says-linux.mp3
Last edited by a d e p t; July 2nd, 2003 at 02:44 PM.
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July 2nd, 2003, 04:22 PM
#6
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I agree with Noo, that is what we were taught too and I am sticking firmly to LIE-NUCKS!
Is Torvald Swedish or Norwegian? I can find Linux in my Swedish Dictionary (as a Radio Ham I keep Dictionaries in many languages and can exchange greetings in a few using morse). Does anyone know what Linux means?
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July 2nd, 2003, 04:39 PM
#7
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Originally posted by MorseLady
I agree with Noo, that is what we were taught too and I am sticking firmly to LIE-NUCKS!
Is Torvald Swedish or Norwegian? I can find Linux in my Swedish Dictionary (as a Radio Ham I keep Dictionaries in many languages and can exchange greetings in a few using morse). Does anyone know what Linux means?
LInus...uNIX= Linux.
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July 3rd, 2003, 11:36 AM
#8
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ok, this is an old debate that was settled by linus himself with the above mentioned Mp3. AS for being a word, it's not. Linus made it up to give his version of unix a name that would represent him, hence LINux. That's it.
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July 3rd, 2003, 11:40 AM
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Originally posted by gtiseb
ok, this is an old debate that was settled by linus himself with the above mentioned Mp3. AS for being a word, it's not. Linus made it up to give his version of unix a name that would represent him, hence LINux. That's it.
yes, but Im asking how do you say it
nothing more....
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October 3rd, 2003, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by NooNoo
I would pronounce it Lye nucks... this is because at school I was taught that if a vowel followed a single consonant, it would make the previous vowel "soft".... however Linux isn't English is it? So how does Torvalds pronounce it?
Exactly.
I used to say Lienux until I heard someone call it Linux. So, being curious, I checked it out.
Sure enough, he as opposed to myself was right.
I gather you cousins over there have seen Charlie Brown?
Remember the character Linus?
Lienus?
Perhaps Linus T doesn't like Charlie Brown.
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October 27th, 2003, 03:01 PM
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I pronounce it like the man himself does, li-nux not LINE-UX
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October 27th, 2003, 07:04 PM
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March 2nd, 2012, 01:36 AM
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March 9th, 2012, 08:58 PM
#14
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There is no SUX on the end so I just dont say it
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March 11th, 2012, 01:24 PM
#15
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I don't say "Linux" often, but when I do...
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