It's "LYNUX," not "LINNUX" dammit!!

[bigred]

I know some will disagree. But you're wrong. To those who commit this most annoying error, do you pronounced UNIX as "UNNIX" too?? duh!!

rant over. :cool:

[jjramsey]

Linus Torvalds disagrees with you (http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/).

[ceptimus]

Sorry bigred, but you are wrong. The first syllable rhymes with tin. It doesn't rhyme with my.

[CFLarsen]

It's pronounced:

'lü-z&r

[mummymonkey]

Leenuks.

[bigred]

That's just as bad.

[mummymonkey]

That's just as bad.Tell that to Leenus.

[RayG]

From: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=linux

The pronunciation of "Linux" has been a matter of much debate.
Many, including Torvalds, insist on the short I pronunciation
/li'nuks/ because "Linus" has an /ee/ sound in Swedish
(Linus's family is part of Finland's 6% ethnic-Swedish
minority) and Linus considers English short /i/ to be closer
to /ee/ than English long /i:/ dipthong. This is consistent
with the short I in words like "linen". This doesn't stop
others demanding a long I /li:'nuks/ following the english
pronunciation of "Linus" and "minus". Others say /li'niks/
following Minix, which Torvalds was working on before Linux.

RayG

[jgravelle]

...you get to pronounce it any way you'd like.

If I go to Sweeden, I'll be sure to pronounce it Leenux. Until then, it's LY-nikz as in LY-nis.

And GIF should have a hard "G", given the nature of the acronym.


So there.

-jjg

[Smike]

That's just as bad.

...and logically, therefore, just as good.

[UserGoogol]

And GIF should have a hard "G", given the nature of the acronym.

By that logic, AIDS should be pronounced Ah-ids

[cyborg]

If English was logical in how its vowels are supposed to be enunciated we wouldn't be having this discussion.

[Sushi]

If English was logical in how its vowels are supposed to be enunciated we wouldn't be having this discussion.

:(

[antihippy]

By that logic, AIDS should be pronounced Ah-ids

Care to elaborate on why you think that that would be the case?

Edit: Oops quoted wrong post.

[CurtC]

I haven't seen any discussion of the pronunciation of the second syllable. When I listened to Torvalds pronounce it a few years ago, he said leen-ooks. Not a schwa in the last syllable, so for people who are insistent that it's "linnux" because that's how he says it, you have to be sure to pronounce the second syllable right too.

[jj]

I know some will disagree. But you're wrong. To those who commit this most annoying error, do you pronounced UNIX as "UNNIX" too?? duh!!

rant over. :cool:

Well, Dennis and Ken both called it, phonemically speaking, Ewe Nicks

Does this help?

[glsunder]

Hopefully no one will mention SUSE.