Linus Torvalds (father of Linux) pronounces it leen-ucks. But, then, Linus
pronounces his own name leen-us.
Most Americans pronounce in lynn-ucks, because we can't be bothered with
fully enunciating foreign words. ;-)
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Dan Chapman
Network Analyst
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-----Original Message-----
From: aoc2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: ice cube <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: your mail
>On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, ice cube wrote:
>
> ic> I'm so new to this o/s, i don't know how to pronounce it.
> ic> Is it Lie - nux
> ic> or lin - ux
>
>i believe it's the latter. it's pronounced similarly to minix.. ie. short
>i.
>
