On Mar 27, 2005, at 1:34 PM, Jared Anderson wrote:
> pronounce these *Lenn Nicks* related words:
The most widely used version of Linux is the one Linus himself uses
which is lin-ucks.
> Debian:
deb-EE-an (it's a contraction of the names Deborah and Ian)
> Suse:
soo-SEE
> Knoppix:
NAH-picks
> MySQL:
my-ESS-QUEUE-ELL
> Gentoo:
jen-TWO
> Windows:
win-DOHS
> Gnome:
GUH-nom or just nome. Pronunciation is available on the GNOME website.
> Ubuntu:
ooh-BOON-too -- pronunciation is available on Ubuntu's website.
> Cygwin:
SIGH-win
> apropos:
ah-pro-PO -- this one is actually a normal english word which was (from
what I can tell from the word itself) "borrowed" from French. Look it
up in the dictionary for it's pronunciation. =o)
> Mepis:
MEH-pis
Just my $0.02. =o)
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