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"TomC" <> wrote in message
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>> On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 19:56:45 +1200, "The Biker" <>
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>>>So forgive my ignorance please, but I've just become interested in ubuntu
>>>etc etc and have realised I don't know how to say the word, let alone
>>>use the OS.
>>>Is it pronounced "line ux" or "linn ux" ?
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> "linn ux" ......my wife is German ...she knows these things
>
> http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronuncia...says-linux.wav
>
> Cheers,
> Tom


Thankyou Tom.

TomC wrote:
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> wrote:
>> On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 19:56:45 +1200, "The Biker" <>
>> wrote:
>>
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>>> So forgive my ignorance please, but I've just become interested in
>>> ubuntu
>>> etc etc and have realised I don't know how to say the word, let
>>> alone use the OS.
>>> Is it pronounced "line ux" or "linn ux" ?
>
>
> "linn ux" ......my wife is German ...she knows these things

WTF has that got to do with a name made up by a Finn ?

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> http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronuncia...says-linux.wav
>
> Cheers,
> Tom

Earl Grey wrote:
> TomC wrote:
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>> wrote:
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>>> On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 19:56:45 +1200, "The Biker"
>>> <> wrote:
>>>
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>>>> So forgive my ignorance please, but I've just become interested in
>>>> ubuntu
>>>> etc etc and have realised I don't know how to say the word, let
>>>> alone use the OS.
>>>> Is it pronounced "line ux" or "linn ux" ?
>>
>>
>>
>> "linn ux" ......my wife is German ...she knows these things
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>> http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronuncia...says-linux.wav
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Tom

WTF has that got to do with a name made up by a Finn ?

The Germans are big developers & users of Linux.
My wife is teaching herself samba servers & to compile linux
kernels for firewalls.

cheers Tom

TomC wrote:
> Earl Grey wrote:
>> TomC wrote:
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>>> wrote:
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>>>> On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 19:56:45 +1200, "The Biker"
>>>> <> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> So forgive my ignorance please, but I've just become interested in
>>>>> ubuntu
>>>>> etc etc and have realised I don't know how to say the word, let
>>>>> alone use the OS.
>>>>> Is it pronounced "line ux" or "linn ux" ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "linn ux" ......my wife is German ...she knows these things
>>
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>>> http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronuncia...says-linux.wav
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Tom
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> WTF has that got to do with a name made up by a Finn ?
>
> The Germans are big developers & users of Linux.
> My wife is teaching herself samba servers & to compile linux kernels for
> firewalls.
>
> cheers Tom

Sorry, I still don't get the connection with being German and
pronunciation of a trade name.


However I've always wondered why Germans have that shelf bit in their
toilet bowls, perhaps you could ask her about that ?

"The Biker" <> wrote in message
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> So forgive my ignorance please, but I've just become interested in
> ubuntu
> etc etc and have realised I don't know how to say the word, let
> alone use the OS.
> Is it pronounced "line ux" or "linn ux" ?
>
>

How do you pronounce Linus Torvald's name (excuse an spelling mistake
in there)?

If it is Linn-us then I would say Linn-ux.

If it is Line-us then I would say Line-ux

Or perhaps you should contact him to ask directly!

Alan.
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In message <44c84435$>, Earl Grey wrote:

> However I've always wondered why Germans have that shelf bit in their
> toilet bowls, perhaps you could ask her about that ?

Wild guess: makes it less noisy for the ladies to have a pee?

In article <44c72043$>, The Biker <reply to group> wrote:
>So forgive my ignorance please, but I've just become interested in ubuntu
>etc etc and have realised I don't know how to say the word, let alone use
>the OS.

Google is your friend.

>Is it pronounced "line ux" or "linn ux" ?

Neither.

http://mostlylinux.ca/pronounce/

-- don

Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> In message <44c84435$>, Earl Grey wrote:
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>> However I've always wondered why Germans have that shelf bit in their
>> toilet bowls, perhaps you could ask her about that ?
>
> Wild guess: makes it less noisy for the ladies to have a pee?

Wow toilet trash talk yey I like the one using a wine bottle cork in the
dunny during party's stops the blokes missing the toilet pan and makes
it a little quieter. Now hard to get corks from wine bottles (SIGH)

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"Don Stokes" <> wrote in message
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> In article <44c72043$>, The Biker <reply to group> wrote:
>>So forgive my ignorance please, but I've just become interested in ubuntu
>>etc etc and have realised I don't know how to say the word, let alone use
>>the OS.
>
> Google is your friend.
>
>>Is it pronounced "line ux" or "linn ux" ?
>
> Neither.
>
> http://mostlylinux.ca/pronounce/
>
> -- don

Aw heck Don, grin, now I'm thinking of going right back to calling it
what I did before I started this thread. Line ux.... cool site thanks.

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:10:07 +1200, TomC wrote:

> http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronuncia...says-linux.wav
>
> Cheers,

Cheers, Tom. Thanks for the link.

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