On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 01:20:21AM -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 03:26:35AM +0000, Pigeon wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 08:13:02PM -0500, David P James wrote: > > > On November 01, 2003 09:12, Rus Foster wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > Just trying to work out in French is Linux masculine or feminine? > > > > > > > > > > I'd say it's masculine for a couple of reasons. > > > > > > First, it just sounds better as "le Linux" compared to "la Linux". > > > > Hmmm... what exactly does the word "Linux" sound like in French? > > The Li is kind of like Lee, > the nux is kind of like nooks. > > In both cases it's a bit different, but that's as close as I can think > of. ...so basically like in English, but with standard French vowel sounds. OK, thanks! > I think it's pretty close to how Torvalds pronounces it. Well close > enough considering it's a whole 'nother language. There's an audio file out there somewhere of Linus saying "Linux"... must get it sometime! -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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