On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 07:26:52PM +0100, Christophe Courtois wrote: > Le Dimanche 2 Novembre 2003 07:20, Bijan Soleymani a déclamé : > > > Hmmm... what exactly does the word "Linux" sound like in French? > > The Li is kind of like Lee, > > the nux is kind of like nooks. > > It seems that people speaking only English can't pronounce the 'u' the > way we use it - does not seem to exist in English. This is the same as > the 'ü' in German if it can help someone (we're the only language to > pronounce 'u' that way...) >
I've always found it odd that Americans pronounce the second syllable of Linux and Unix identically, as if it were spelled Linix. I used to try to pronounce it Lee-nooks b/c I heard the .au file way back in 1993, and I enjoyed knocking smart people down a peg by correcting them, but when I heard it pronounced as Linix on Revolution OS on Bravo one night, I gave up. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
