On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 01:55:48PM -0600, Mike Miller wrote: > LIH nuhks - a good American approximation. Linus actually pronounces > it a bit more like LEE nooks, but he has an accent! ;-) And that's what's important, isn't it? Whenever I talk about Linus Torvalds, I pronounce his name the way he would: Lee nus. Thus, I also try to pronounce Linux as he would: lee nux, though I don't always remember. Jim Crumley wrote: > Part of the reason that I don't buy "lih nucks" is that Linus does > have an accent in the classic recording of him saying Linux. Exactly. > I realize that its not the accepted version and I am trying to convert > myself to the more accepted version. The argument (which I know has > been lost by this point) is that Linux is based on Linus which in > English is pronounced "LIE nus", so the pronunciation should be "LIE > nucks". Following the English pronunciation seems to be the typcial > method for pronouncing words in English that are based on names. This I certainly don't buy. Just because you're speaking $LANGUAGE_A doesn't mean you have the right to butcher the pronunciation of a proper name that originates in $LANGUAGE_B. The fact that rampant mispronunciation is common American English also does not equate to "correct". It equates to disrespect, or at best naivete. > Einsteinium is pronounced in Engish the way that Einstein is > pronounced in English, not the way Einstein is pronounced in German. Again, this doesn't make it correct. However, let's examine this example a little closer. Your argument that when speaking American English, one should butcher pronunciation, Einstein should be pronounced "een steen", not "ine stine", which is in fact closer to German than you're claiming. To give it German flair, you might pronounce it as "ine shtine". Not a very large departure from the original language of the proper noun, if you ask me. In any case, I suggest we drop this thread. To help out, I shall mention another German word that should officially kill it: Nazi!!! -- Chad Walstrom <chewie at wookimus.net> http://www.wookimus.net/ assert(expired(knowledge)); /* core dump */ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20050310/ec1861bd/attachment.pgp