How do you say Linux?

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  • Li-nucks

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  1. July 2nd, 2003, 02:38 PM #1
    Stalemate
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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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