a *nix by any other name

[KingDaveRa]

So how do YOU pronounce it?

[Freelance]

other: lin-nux

[CyberDrac]

Since it is named after Linus Torvald who pronounced his name Lyn-us NOT lie-nus I guess that it must be lyn-ux. :)

CD

[shadow03]

which wud be the same as lih-nuks wudnt it? or as i would write it le-nooks (say E as u did when u was a child)

[Jobabob]

there are 4 pronounciations:

lee-nux
lie-nux
lih-nux
win-doze

[Elbonio]

lynucks

obviously

[Er00]

lih-nux I guess, but only because that's how my dad pronounces it, otherwise I would be calling it lie-nux, so meh

[Zenith]

lih-nux

[KingDaveRa]

http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/

:)

Glad I'm with the majority. I've just noticed a lot of people call it Lie-nuks lately.

[Steadders]

What about SuSe?

is it sous? or soo-sey?

[ant]

Free Bee Ess Dee obviously

[Er00]

I say soo-zee or however you want to phoneticise it (is that a real word or did I make it up? :p: )

[KingDaveRa]

Like the name, Suzy (soo zee).

I think that came via somebody at work who spoke to a SuSE person, so I'd imagine them to know.

A few others: Tiscali - its short, i.e Tizcalli, not Tiscarlee.

Hauppauge - Hop Hog (yes really)

Postgresql - pretty much like its spelled, post gres ku el.

I had a teacher who was hellbent on pronouncing ASCII as 'Ashee'. I've heard that before, but its 99.9% more likely to be 'Askee', like them who make wafers :).

[Kinetic]

Ive always pronounced it ' lie-nus' :D

/runs off to find some skills

:(

[Er00]

yea, ass-key for ascii, hence the game aski :p:

[Steadders]

hehe, ass.