On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 08:44, netopml@newview.com wrote: > james@pcorp.com.au (James McArthur) writes: > > Hi, > Hi, > > How about this one .. whats the correct pronunciation for Linux? > > Is it "Lie-nucks" or "Lyn-ucks" .. or "Lyn-ix" .. or something else?? > Simple: your 2nd choise is the best (Linus pronounces it "leenucks") If you want proof of this, just run sndconfig and listen to the sample (not redhat-config-soundcard). On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 09:11, Oisin C. Feeley wrote: > On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Andrew Smith wrote: > > > Iain Buchanan wrote: > > >>On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 05:47, Joe Klemmer wrote: > > >>>On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, jdow wrote: > Also a quote from Fowler on -or,-our: .. snip > than they supposed, and secondly, that there seems to be no discernable > line between the two sets so based on principle as to serve any useful > purpose." The same could be said for the pronunciation of many sets _within_ each 'variation', but before we delve into entomology and such, lets just leave it the way most of these arguements end: I'm right and you're wrong.. I mean er you say tomayto I say tomahto :) -- Iain Buchanan <iain@nospam.pcorp.com.au> IOT trap -- core dumped
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