Tuesday, September 05, 2006

How 'Linux' is pronounced ?

In 1992, Torvalds explained how he pronounces the word Linux:
“ 'li' is pronounced with a short [ee] sound: compare prInt, mInImal etc. 'nux' is also short, non-diphthong, like in pUt {IPA /ʊ/}. It's partly due to minix: linux was just my working name for the thing, and as I wrote it to replace minix on my system, the result is what it is... linus' minix became linux. „

—Linus Torvalds, comp.os.linux newsgroup[10]

5 comments:

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Anonymous said...

thanks for ur help

Anonymous said...

now i know how to spell this word right. Thax

Anonymous said...

You should pronounce it like some Vietnamese people (just like me ^^). Lin - ux.

Somebody says "lai-n3s", it's okay. We know what it is :D

Anonymous said...

:D
anyway, i like "Li-nux"