LOL, I have never seen so many "pronunciations" is so few words. K
-----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Erik N Johnson Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 10:38 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: curiosity: pronouncing "sudo" It is an interesting question. The fact o the matter is that Linux is named after Linus Torvalds. The predominant pronounciations of Linux are: 'LINE-ix' and 'LI-nucks', but the name Linus (in Helsinki at any rate) is pronounced 'LEE-noose'. So the 'correct' pronounciation of Linux should technically be 'LEE-nukes' I have heard both pronounciations and arguments for each. It is true that it stands for Substitute-User DO but it is also allowing a user to use a psuedonym (I realize this is something of a stretch) It is also worthwhile to note that the SU part comes directly from the utility sudo is intended to replace: su That command has been pronounced 'Es You' by everyody I have ever heard pronounce it, so perhaps it's 'Es You Do' though that also sounds an awful lot like Ef You Dude. Ultimately I think it's really more 'tuh-MAY-toe' vs. 'tuh-MAH-toe'. Erik Johnson On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Kielek, Samuel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Considering that sudo stands for super user "do" (or substitute user > do), I agree it would definitely be the latter. > > -Sam > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Rich Smrcina > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 10:09 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: curiosity: pronouncing "sudo" > > The latter. > > John McKown wrote: >> Is it "sue dough" (like pseudo) or "sue do"? I always did the latter, > but >> people around here seem to like the first. And I get confused (as > usual) >> as to whether they mean "sudo" or "pseudo". >> >> -- >> Q: What do theoretical physicists drink beer from? >> A: Ein Stein. >> >> Maranatha! >> John McKown >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 > or visit >> http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 >> > > -- > Rich Smrcina > VM Assist, Inc. > Phone: 414-491-6001 > Ans Service: 360-715-2467 > rich.smrcina at vmassist.com > http://www.linkedin.com/in/richsmrcina > > Catch the WAVV! http://www.wavv.org > WAVV 2009 - Orlando, FL - May 15-19, 2009 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
