Re: Pronounciation of Linux that important? - curiosity about origin
> From: "Eric G . Miller" <egm2@jps.net>
> > Was it just an odd perception of how the letters l-i-n-u-x would
> > be pronounced?
>
> Well, this poor sap, never having heard the word pronouned, and before
> hearing the Linn-Uhks vs. Lie-nucks debates, came up with the Lie-nucks
> pronunciation based on regular American English phonetics. You've got a
> vowel preceding a single hard consonant which is then followed by a
> single vowel which is followed by a hard consonant. By default, that
> first vowel is long (though there are many exceptions).
>
> For instance, compare: "final", "fiddle" (special 'le' == 'el' rule),
> "liken", "limber"; "liner","linger"; etc...
Yeah, that's what I meant by "odd perception" of how to pronounce it--
not following the base English spelling/pronunciation rules you mention.
Daniel
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