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+Daemon+
July 2nd, 2003, 11:10 AM
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
Outcoded
July 2nd, 2003, 12:48 PM
l-eye-nucks
Atodini
July 2nd, 2003, 01:44 PM
You might just get an explanation here:

http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/1241/1241156.html

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

John
NooNoo
July 2nd, 2003, 03:30 PM
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? :D
Stalemate
July 2nd, 2003, 03:38 PM
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? :D

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/pronunciation/torvalds-says-linux.mp3
MorseLady
July 2nd, 2003, 05:22 PM
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?
DocPC
July 2nd, 2003, 05:39 PM
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.
gtiseb
July 3rd, 2003, 12:36 PM
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.
+Daemon+
July 3rd, 2003, 12:40 PM
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....


in the best yoda voice "off topic we are "
TripleRLtd
October 3rd, 2003, 05:12 PM
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? :DExactly.
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.http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/wd/images/smilies/smile.gif
Radical Dreamer
October 27th, 2003, 03:01 PM
I pronounce it like the man himself does, li-nux not LINE-UX
BurnFEST
October 27th, 2003, 07:04 PM
Definetly Li-Nux