On 09/24/2008 11:15:42 AM, Evans, Kevin R asked: > Yeah, but was your Russian friend really meaning "Lee NUKES"?
Not unless he was planning to take shameless advantage of the guy -- he said things like "use LEE-nukes". :) Hm. Maybe I should ask the pres. of the Rexx Language Association ( http://www.rexxla.org ) if he feels used -- his name is "Lee". Douglas > LOL > > K > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Douglas Wooster > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 11:07 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: curiosity: pronouncing "sudo" > > On 09/24/2008 10:37:33 AM, Erik N Johnson wrote: > > 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'. > > Well put. I have a Russian friend whom I think says 'LEE-nukes'. > > But that raises another question: if you find an icon of an upraised > finger, in computer documentation, are you supposed to type 'sudo' ? :) > > Just so now you can say you've 'heard' everything: > my team pronounces 'su root' as "sue to ruut". :) > > Douglas Wooster > (Who contemplates using 'sue dough' to access privileged 'tuh-MAY-toes') > > > 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". > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
