[Glastonbury] English.au

[s~TV]

so what is it in english martin (phonetically speaking)?

p.s.i do love the banter btw
i knew this was why u sent in the request for the *.au in the first
place.
i look forward to a good discussion over a pint after the next lugog
meeting.
lol
s~TV

On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 17:18, Martin WHEELER wrote:
> Oh goody, another excuse for an online argy-bargy!
> 
> 
> On 28 Jul 2003, s~TV wrote:
> 
> > this is exactly where i got my pronunciation of the word linux over 2
> > years ago.
> > how would you "see" it in phonetic speech then?
> >
> > i still say it sounds like "lee-nooks" to me
> 
> <evil grin> Is this where I pull out my old phonetics notes which detail
> experiments in which the same sounds re-played to different people were
> systematically 'heard' differently?  [True.]
> 
> I *might* agree for the Swedish soundbite -- but not for the English
> one.  (But then I hear English as tortured French anyway.) </evil grin>
> 
> 
> > lots of people say "line - ux" but this is probably a conspiracy started
> > by microsoft just to divide an otherwise peaceful community.
> 
> Definitely.  Good thinking.
> 
> And none of this takes into consideration those who insist on
> pronouncing it 'lunix', does it?