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Ummm. There absolutly is a correct pronunciation for Linux. Any person who's been involved with it for more than 10 years will remember the AIFF file floating a
by lusis 16y ago
Ummm. There absolutly is a correct pronunciation for Linux. Any person who's been involved with it for more than 10 years will remember the AIFF file floating around:
"My name is Leenus Torvalds and I pronounce Leenux, Leenux"
And while there's some slack on how to pronounce SQL (because of the origins (QUEL from Stonebraker and then the whole SEQUEL/SQL issue), it's understandable and acceptable that people could pronounce it either way.
However with Linux, given that the author is named Linus and has named it after himself, I think it's fair to say, Leenux is the proper way.
- lolwtf_fu 16y agoThe only reason he says it that way is because of his accent. And SQL stands for Structured Query Language you fucking idiot, there is no pronunciation.
- waterlesscloud 16y agoI hear Lenux more often than Leenux, though I have to say my preference is Leenux, given that his name is Leenus. I said Lie-nux for the first 5 years or so that it was around, based on the way I read his name as an American. I could be ok with Lie-nux or Leenux, but I've never agreed with Lenux.
- glhaynes 16y agoBut I don't pronounce hardly any of the words {hello, this, is, Linus, Torvalds, and, I, pronounce, as} the same way he does, so why should I pronounce "Linux" the same way? (In other words, pronunciations are localized.)
- sabat 16y agoI would say that you're absolutely right: "Hello, this is Leee-nooos Torvalds, and I pronounce Linux as 'Leee-noox'." However: most English-speakers, Americans in particular, are not going to adopt Linus' accent when pronouncing the name -- although, as I said, I completely agree with that logic. There is no logical justification I've ever heard for the pronunciation of Linux as "Lih-nux". On the other hand: it doesn't matter how you pronounce it. It's just a name. We have more important problems to solve! :-)
- lusis 16y agoActually, no. this is the most important problem I have to solve today ;) Thanks for not taking it too personal heh
- chrisolsen 16y agoAccording to Linus it is pronounced lihnux http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IfHm6R5le0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IfHm6R5le0