[ILUG] Pronunciation [OT - Off on a Tangent]

Ciaran Mac Lochlainn ciaran17 at eircom.net
Thu Oct 17 10:24:02 IST 2002


Paul Linehan writ large:
>
>
> Dermot Buckley <derbuck at eircom.net> a ecrit:
<snip>
> > And while I'm on the subject, how do you pronounce
> > 'Linux'?
>
>
> Lyn-ux - as in Phil Lyn-ott - Lee-nux is acceptable
> for purists.
>
> L-eye-nux is definitely not.
>

Of course, to keep matters nicely confusing there are those who refer to
Phil Lye-nott.  And to "Bone-o" for that matter.

Ciaran





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