On Thu, Feb 10, 2000 at 12:59:59AM -0800, George Bonser wrote: > On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > Because it's rude to pronounce names wrongly? > > Leinux or Lienux though a spelling of Linnux would remove all ambiguity.
Well, native English speakers pronounce Linus as Lie-nus (as in Peanuts).. but Linus Torvalds is pronounced Lee-nus, and he says Linux is Lee-nux. If he doesn't know, nobody does! So I'm with him. > English is just so weird. Lets not have a big row over it. Good suggestion. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB. CCs of replies on mailing lists are welcome.
