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Subject:Re: Linux From:"Jeanne A. E. DeVoto" <jaed -at- jaedworks -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sat, 24 Jun 2000 21:32:41 -0700
At 8:48 PM -0700 6/24/2000, Michele Davis wrote:
>OK. We're all writer, right? So, is it Linux (with an i sound) or Linux
>(with an e sound)?
An awful lot of people pronounce it "Li-nucks", with a short i.
"Lie-nucks", with a long i, is often snickered at, though I'm not sure
whether you could call it "incorrect" as such.
However, Linus Torvalds pronounces it "Lee-nucks". I think that's as
authoritative as you're going to get anywhere. ;-)
