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Silly mistakeSilly mistakePosted Jan 21, 2005 1:22 UTC (Fri) by sbergman27 (subscriber, #10767)In reply to: Silly mistake by Ross Parent article: Retail geeks aren't geeky enough (NewsForge)
It's kind of like Al Gore's reference to CTRL-DELETE-ALT. It's technically correct, but whenever I hear someone say lye-nucks, I file a mental note that this guys a real newbie. That said, I can remember at least one situation in which I heard someone pronouce it lye-nucks, automatically started to file my mental note, and then realized that he was a well known hacker. If memory serves, I think he was a well known member of the Samba team. So your point is well taken. ;-)
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Silly mistake and Political Correctness Posted Jan 21, 2005 22:45 UTC (Fri) by nicku (subscriber, #777) [Link] I called it L-eye-nux for years, just waiting for some PC person to come and correct me, so that I could say something like, "Do you pronounce Microsoft with a US accent just because Bill Gates does?"Sadly, no one had the courage to challenge me, and perhaps many quietly filed me in their mental compartments under "T" for "twit". I've now given in and call it the same as everyone else.
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