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2008-06-06
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Penguinbait is quite right, the "Lye-nuss" pronunciation is an Americanism, it's not used in Swedish or Finnish.
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2008-06-07
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Except in the video, Linus himself says his name in English is LYE-nuss.
But are you going to believe that joker? Who does he think he is?
But are you going to believe that joker? Who does he think he is?
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2008-06-07
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Originally Posted by BoxOfSnoo
Are you suggesting that because the English version of Linus's name is pronounced differently, persons for whom English is their primary language should pronounce "Linux" in a correspondingly different manner?
Except in the video, Linus himself says his name in English is LYE-nuss.
Last edited by sjgadsby; 2008-06-07 at 03:13.
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2008-06-07
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I'm suggesting everyone have a drink.
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2008-06-08
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Originally Posted by Texrat
Are you handing out the pints?
I'm suggesting everyone have a drink.
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To all my Maemo friends. I will no longer be monitoring any of my threads here on a regular basis. I am no longer supporting anything I did under maemo at maemo.org. If you need some help with something you can reach me at tablethacker.com or www.facebook.com/penguinbait. I have disabled my PM's here, and removed myself from Council email and Community mailing list. There has been some fun times, see you around.
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2008-06-09
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Either way, nice plan.