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The *definitive* answerThe *definitive* answerPosted Jan 21, 2005 14:03 UTC (Fri) by Max.Hyre (subscriber, #1054)In reply to: Silly mistake by Ross Parent article: Retail geeks aren't geeky enough (NewsForge)
When Linux started to get popular (read: when it penetrated my consciousness) there was a popular audio file, versions of which are still available online. They are The Man saying Hello, this is Linus Torvalds, and I pronounce Linux as ``Linux''.(Real useful in print, right?) As best I can transliterate it, he says ``LEE nooks'', where `oo' is as in `room'. I wonder if he's been corrupted by life in the U.S.A.? :-)
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The *definitive* answer Posted Jan 21, 2005 15:49 UTC (Fri) by eru (subscriber, #2753) [Link] Real useful in print, right?) As best I can transliterate it, he says ``LEE nooks'', where `oo' is as in `room'.I wonder if he's been corrupted by life in the U.S.A.? :-) Quite possibly. I'm a Finn living in Finland, but in spite of that I have sometimes caught myself and other Finns pronouncing it the "lyenux" way when speaking about Linux in English... But I think it is a bit like saying the names of well-known cities different ways depending on language, a sign of the name getting assimilated in the language.
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