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#156520 - 23/04/2003 01:06 Re: What OS are you? [Re: drakino]
andym
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Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3996
Loc: Manchester UK
Just out of interest how should you pronounce Linux?

Is it Li-nucks or Linnucks?

Also, how are you supposed to say daemon?
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#156521 - 23/04/2003 01:32 Re: What OS are you? [Re: andym]
juenk
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Registered: 12/01/2002
Posts: 84
Loc: Waardenburg, The Netherlands
From www.linux.org:

How to Pronounce "Linux" -
Audio clip of Linus Torvalds pronouncing the word "Linux" in Swedish.

English version
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#156522 - 23/04/2003 06:46 Re: What OS are you? [Re: andym]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
Also, how are you supposed to say daemon?
Most people (myself included) pronounce it the same as ``demon'' (dee-mun). Those who are pretentious or are wishing to distinguish it for some reason often say (day-mun), but that has little, if any, etymological accuracy. Since it's a latin word, if you're looking for another pronunciation, it ought to be pronounced (die-mun) (as in the singular of ``dice'' or what someone does before he becomes dead, not the German article), but I've never heard anyone actually pronounce it this way.
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#156523 - 23/04/2003 10:13 Re: What OS are you? [Re: canuckInOR]
Dignan
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Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12338
Loc: Sterling, VA
Why would you think it was pointed at you?
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#156524 - 23/04/2003 15:09 Re: What OS are you? [Re: ineedcolor]
muzza
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Registered: 21/07/1999
Posts: 1765
Loc: Brisbane, Queensland, Australi...


pretty accurate actually
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#156525 - 23/04/2003 19:55 Re: What OS are you? [Re: Dignan]
canuckInOR
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Registered: 13/02/2002
Posts: 3212
Loc: Portland, OR
Because I said earlier that I refuse to say, and we've all been around long enough to know that refusal to tell something is often synonymous admission of said something.

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