Linux or Linux :P

Ian · Post by **Ian** » Mon Feb 04, 2002 5:31 pm

well how do you pronounce Linux, "Line-ux" or "Lin-ooks"

personally i say Lin-ooks but my dad is admoant its Line-ux

Le the poll decide!

CLee · Post by **CLee** » Mon Feb 04, 2002 5:35 pm

Niether. "Lin-eks"

Pit · Post by **Pit** » Mon Feb 04, 2002 5:37 pm

Linooks.
/goes to linux.org to fetch sound file

hsim · Post by **hsim** » Mon Feb 04, 2002 5:37 pm

Leenooks

Pit · Post by **Pit** » Mon Feb 04, 2002 5:43 pm

http://www.linux.org/info/sounds/english.au

WE HAVE A WINNER!

XIII · Post by **XIII** » Mon Feb 04, 2002 6:07 pm

Yeah, leenooks.

gameofhit · Post by **gameofhit** » Mon Feb 04, 2002 7:24 pm

Huh, I was prepared to go off on you all, but then I listened to the sound file, and it sounds just like how I say it. I would have spelled it differently though.

Lin - ucks (Lin rhymes with "in", ux rhymes with "tux")

Stefan Koopmanschap · Post by **Stefan Koopmanschap** » Mon Feb 04, 2002 7:35 pm

i'm going with absinthe here. I've always pronounced it as lin-ucks as well... or, in dutch, l-ee-n-ucks

Gud · Post by **Gud** » Mon Feb 04, 2002 7:56 pm

Lin[b17cc9]ux[/b17cc9], I'm a swede, trust me on this one

Blade · Post by **Blade** » Mon Feb 04, 2002 7:59 pm

[quotebc8d9="yezboxz"]
Lin[bbc8d9]ux[/bbc8d9], I'm a swede, trust me on this one

[/quotebc8d9]

I'm not swede in case, but I'm also say: Lin[bbc8d9]ux[/bbc8d9]

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