[Colchester] Linux

Jai Harrison jai at jaiharrison.com
Sat Dec 13 20:18:55 UTC 2008


Didn't Linus specifically say that we should pronounce it based on our
regional dialects anyway?

On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Wayland Sothcott
<wayland at sothcott.co.uk> wrote:
> Toby Whaymand wrote:
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> As I pointed out to someone at College it is important  to say Linux
>> correctly.  The 'I' does sound like a 'e' and so it is not said like
>> liinux, laynux:
>>
>> It is lin-ux:
>>
>> What this ad:
>>
>> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=EwL0G9wK8j4
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Toby
>>
>>
> The blokes name is Linus Torvalds. I have assumed that you say Linux as
> it is spelt. You say Line-ux because that how the vowels work. However
> people do say Lin-ux
>
>
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