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Killswitch
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Posted: 16th Jan 2005 06:03
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This is somewhat of a slighty strange question. How do you pronounce Linux? I myself say it as LIN-YOU-X but my friend pronouces it as LIN-UCKS. So, which - if either - is correct?

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Dot Merix
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Posted: 16th Jan 2005 06:05
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LIN-UCKS I believe



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Posted: 16th Jan 2005 06:06
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I always pronounce it as lihn-uhks.


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Posted: 16th Jan 2005 06:06 Edited at: 16th Jan 2005 06:06
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Also is it lin (lihn) or line , I say lin

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Posted: 16th Jan 2005 06:22 Edited at: 16th Jan 2005 06:22
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Lin not line, that I could make out as theres no E! So Lin-ucks seems to be the general consensous, oki doki!

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Posted: 16th Jan 2005 06:23
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I say LINE UCKS.

Probably wrong

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Posted: 16th Jan 2005 06:30
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Same as DavidT. I believe Americans say it LIN-UCKS though. Saying it makes sense because it doesn't have an E is kind of stupid, like saying final is pronounced fin-al, just cos it isn't spelt fineal. English isn't a phonetic language (not that Linux is technically and English word, but if you speak English, you generally follow the rules for any words).

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Posted: 16th Jan 2005 06:36 Edited at: 16th Jan 2005 06:37
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The correct Finnish pronounciation is something like "Leeenux", with the 'i' pronounced as a long 'e', and the 'u' very short.

The name "Linux" comes from a cross between the original developer's name (Linus Torvolds), and the word "UNIX" (since Linux was intended to be a freeware clone of that OS). Linus is Finnish, and pronounces his own name as something like "Leenus" (rhymes with... don't make me say it!)

Most people I know pronounce it phonetically ("Lin-ucks").


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Posted: 16th Jan 2005 08:45
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I don't think it's LINE-UHKS because the original creator's name is pronounced Lihn-us.


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Posted: 16th Jan 2005 08:58
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This should settle the debate:

http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/


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Posted: 16th Jan 2005 09:17
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heh and i read in pczone ages ago you pronounced it Leenooks

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Posted: 16th Jan 2005 23:35
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I say it "CR AP"?


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Posted: 17th Jan 2005 00:15
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accroding to dictionary.com

lin'uks


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Benjamin
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Posted: 17th Jan 2005 01:20
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I just call it lin-ucks. Wtf is lihn?

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Posted: 17th Jan 2005 01:28
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'ih' is used to show a short i sound such as that in the word 'lick'.


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Oh okay.

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Posted: 17th Jan 2005 06:06
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I just say it like linix


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Posted: 17th Jan 2005 07:26
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i call it line-ux similar to final to use previous comparisons, but i might start pronouncing it correctly to annoy people (and be correct).

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it's clearly pronouced "the source of all evil"

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Posted: 17th Jan 2005 10:25
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I always thought it was pronounced linux.


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Wiggett
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Posted: 17th Jan 2005 13:16
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yeah lyn ucks seems to be the way, i always call it line-ucks

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Posted: 18th Jan 2005 07:51
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It is much easier hearing than explaining, considering the fact that english isn't exactly that phonetical

Swedish and English, as spoken by the creator himself.

Li-nux .. can't remember how the dictionaries put things, but it would be something like L~ih-nu^ks. or something. as i said listen to the au of them
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Posted: 18th Jan 2005 21:22
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I prefer to pronounce it as linix. Since it's Unix based, it ought to sound like Unix (yoonix) right?

Besides, if it was pronounced linuhcks, then we should also pronounce Unix as yoonuhcks. It would be cacophonous to the word "eunuchs," as in castrated people.


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Posted: 18th Jan 2005 21:35
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lol yeah... well Killswitch simply asked how it was 'ment' to be pronounced, and oddly most people did pronounce it like that long before they heard an official name for it.

the reason behind how you pronounce the name is because it was originally going to be called Freakz, but it was changed.
not that it matters much as uni students will always correct you on it, which is why i prefer AmigaOS / MacOS / Solaris / Windows / etc.. don't have any smart-arses with them, well past those people who seem to think it's amusing to write:

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kinda stupid and annoying when ppl do that.
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Posted: 19th Jan 2005 04:34
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Quote: "we should also pronounce Unix as yoonuhcks"

no... Unix and Linux are not Inux and Linux, why would we change the pronuciation of ix to ux?

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