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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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".
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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?
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?
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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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.
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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