[rescue] those who should be shot

[Eric Dittman]

> > how many possible ways can
> > someone NOT pronounce Linux correctly?  Listen to Linus' sound-byte...
> > he says "lynn-ucks" so that's how I'm going to say it.  Here are the
> > variants I've heard this week: (*groan*)
> > Lie-nucks
> > Lie(1 second pause)-nucks
> > Lean-ucks
> > Lie-nicks
> 
> I pronounce it like your last spelling.  However, I know I should
> pronounce it "nucks" not "nix".  Lynn-ucks is not the correct
> pronunciation for an American.  It's correct pronunciation for someone
> from Finland! (linus T. is Finish right?)

In American English, the pronunciation is open, as we have
such a mix of both words and people.  Some things are not
pronounced the same depending on where the person learned
to speak.  A good example is root.  There's two ways the
word is pronounced in the US (and Canada).

I always said Lynn-ucks, even before I heard anyone else
say the word.

> Linux is based on his name "Linus" and "x", I suppose "x" is from Unix. 
> Here in America Linus is pronounced Lie-nus, so Linux should be
> Lie-nucks....  nucks rhyming with ducks.  Actually I suppose the n goes
> with the first syllable.
> 
> Let Linus set the pronunciation in his language, not ours.

He named it, so he can set the pronounciation.  If he wants
to pronounce it Throat-Warbler Mangrove, he's free to do that.
-- 
Eric Dittman
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