[LUNI] Quick question on how to pronounce something

[Barry Von Ahsen]

we in Des Moines decided linux was pronounced "throat-warbler-mangrove" 
to end our local debate

only slightly more obscure than "icky icky ptang throckmorton" :)

-barry


Samir Faci wrote:
> Yah, now let's talk about how to pronounce "Linux" 'cause some weird hippy,
> he said his name was... Richard.. Sta... something called it differently.  I
> can't remember just how screwed up the prononciation was.. but wasn't quiet
> what I'm used to hearing.
> 
> /me ducks.
> 
> --
> Samir
> 
> On 9/20/07, Branko Kotur <skie at dragonsvalley.com> wrote:
>> Thanks for all the responses.
>>
>> On Thursday 20 September 2007 10:52:02 pm Richard A. Johnson wrote:
>>> On Thursday 20 September 2007, Samir Faci wrote:
>>> Say it how you feel like saying it. Make something up, I do, half the
>> time
>>> people will just follow along. Plus, if you can make is sound cooler and
>>> give it more umph than "zen", do it, people will think highly of you :)
>> For the longest time I always just said the letters S A T A when talking
>> about
>> SATA drives (usually online, I rarely talked to people in person about
>> it).
>> Then I was talking to someone and they kept saying "say-ta" and I had no
>> clue
>> what they were talking about.  :o  After that, I heard everyone saying it.
>> It's because of that, that I wasn't sure about Xen.
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