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Re: A few questions.



Dwayne C . Litzenberger said:
> LYE-nucks is totally unfounded (you just don't
> pronounce his name that way).

Don't know where you're from, but, yes, in the US, "Linus" _is_ normally
pronounced "line-us".  True, it's not the way Mr. Torvalds is likely to
say his name, but it's no more incorrect than pronouncing "Volkswagen" as
"volks-waggin" (with a hard v) instead of "folks-vaggihn".

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