[Klug-general] Pronunciation of Linux

[nic dan]

MikeE said....
.....But 
then - she is fat, sweaty and ugly as well as ignorant :)Hope she doesn't get to hear about that, eh?
Might be tricky, or maybe you don't care?

Aitch
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> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:33:35 +0100
> From: mike at tandem.f9.co.uk
> To: kent at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Klug-general] Pronunciation of Linux
> 
> 
> There are only a few things certain about pronunciation in English.  One 
> is that spelling and pronunciation are only vaguely related. Diversity 
> is a great thing: so long as communication is successful.
> 
> I note that there are also alternative pronunciations of Debian: with 
> Deebian and Debbian being the most common, and Ubuntu seems to drift 
> between Youbuntu and Oobuntu, depending on how authentically African the 
> speaker wishes to sound.
> 
> There is a long tradition of the English using pronunciation as a 
> distinguishing identifier of class, education and origin.  Thus it is 
> that a northerner will declare that has home is his kassle, whereas a 
> southerner's home is his cahsle.  Both will think they are right and the 
> other wrong, which gives each the opportunity to feel in some way 
> superior to the other.
> 
> Personally I choose the pronunciation favoured by Linus Torvalds, simply 
> because he created the word.  I don't look down on people who prefer 
> another pronunciation and will happily have a conversation pronouncing 
> it one way with someone who pronounces it another. The people I do sneer 
> at are the ones like the owner of our local copy shop.  When I said that 
> I use Linnux she looked confused and then said 'oh you mean Lynux'.  But 
> then - she is fat, sweaty and ugly as well as ignorant :)
> 
> MikeE
> 
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