[Klug-general] Pronunciation of Linux

[Margot]

Peter Childs wrote:
> 2009/6/30 J D Freeman <klug at quixotic.org.uk>:
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>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:23:23AM +0100, Michael E. Rentell wrote:
>>> Well it's actually a contraction of Linus (Torvald's) Unix isn't it?
>>>
>>> In Scandinavia the name Linus is pronounced Leenus (not Linnus) but in
>>> Britain the same name is pronounced Lynus - as it is in America.
>>>
>>> So you can be strictly native Viking and call it Leenuks or you can be a
>>> true Brit and stick to our own fractured pronunciation due to a Flemish
>>> influence centuries ago.
>>>
>>> Pedantic Scandinavians pronounce it Leenuks and pedantic Brits call it
>>> Lynuks.
>>>
>> naaaa, it's pronounced "Debian" or maybe "Ubuntu"
>>
>> :p
>>
>> Sorry, someone had to say it sooner or later :p
>>
> 
> Only issue I have with that is that just how do you pronounce Debian,
> is it DeBIan or Debanne.
> 
> Peter.

That one's obvious if you know the origins of the distro - Ian 
Murdock who invented it named it after himself and his wife Deborah.