On Sunday 27 March 2005 02:34 pm, Jared Anderson wrote:
> Happy Easter All,
>
> Almost all of my Linux interactions takes place digitally; hence, the pronunciations of common *nix words may not be accurate in my mind. This theory is often reinforced by the differing pronunciations I encounter when verbally discussing Linux. I am curious how ya'll pronounce these *Lenn Nicks* related words:
>
> Debian:
> =======
> D.B.E.N.?
> Deb E. N.? x
>
> Suse:
> =====
> Sue Say?
> Suess?
> Susy? x
>
> Knoppix:
> ========
> Nopp X? x
> Knopp X?
>
> MySQL:
> ======
> my sequel?
> my S.Q.L.? x
>
> Gentoo:
> =======
> jen two? x
>
> Windows:
> ========
> win blows? x
> win doze?
> ;)
>
> Gnome:
> ======
> Nome? x
>
> Ubuntu:
> =======
> You Bunt You?
> You Bunt too?
> uh bunt you?
> uh bunt too?
> You boon too?
> uh boon too? x
>
> Cygwin:
> =======
> Sigh Jwin?
> Sigh Gwenn?
> Sig win x
> apropos:
> ========
> A propose?
> App pro poss?
> App propose x
> Mepis:
> ======
> Me piss? x
> Meh piss?
> Me piece?
> Meh piece?
>
> .... More to come, I'm sure....
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