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echo: aust_avtech
to: John Tserkezis
from: Bob Lawrence
date: 2004-06-20 13:52:10
subject: Networking

> Why keep perpetuating their idiocy ?

JT> Because there was a WAV file of the correct pronounciation of
JT> the name doing the rounds a while back. That's how I heard it,
JT> that's how I pronounce it. 

 It's silly, John. Linux is an invented name... how can there be a
"correct" pronunciation? It's whatever *most* people call it.

 You might as well say that Unix is pronounced Oneicks. What's the
correct pronunciation for the name Linus? What about Robert? If
French, it's Robear. Lawrence in Germany is Lorenz... same
pronunciation. No one has managed to pronounce Siemens of Braun
correctly (Simmons, Brown). Why should Linux be any different?

Regards,
Bob
 

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