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Oh...So, That's How You Say It!

Hello and Welcome to Oh...So, That's How You Say It!, the post where you will learn how to properly say all of those words you learned on the internet but never actually talked to another human being about, properly!

I decided this was a good idea because a couple weeks ago I was on the Nvu site, and realized it was pronounced "N-View" not, N-V-U. So, I felt rather stupid, and think many people will benefit from this if we all contribute with the proper pronunciation.

So, here's how it works, type the word, for example, Nvu, and then, how to correctly say it, so "N-View". So that, would look like this Nvu-"N'View".

Feel free to use accented letters etc to help you add in proper pronunciation. If you're sure you're pronunciation is correct, I will add it to the list, I'll start us off.

List of Those Word You Learned on the Computer/Internet but Never Actually Knew How To Say Properly

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B

  • .BMP-Bimp

C

  • Cache-Cash

D
E
F
G

  • .gif-Jif
  • GNU-Ga-noo

H
I
J

  • .jpeg-Jay-Peg

K

  • KompoZer-Com-Poe-Zer

L

  • Linux-Lin-ix

M
N

  • Nvu-N-view

O
P

  • .PNG-Ping

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S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

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KompoZer portable = comp-o-zer portable. but dont pause at the dashes.

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GNU- "Ga-noo"

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Linux - Lin-ix
Old pronunciation: Ly-nux Blum
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Actually

Actually it's more pronounced as Lee-nux
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no...

its like "line-ux".

and why the hell did "Have Some Patients" do all of thoes edits! now it looks like i was a retard and posted the same thing he did! (starts to "cry" like baby)

nevermind, it seems i am a retard and forgot to read the a$$ end of his post.

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Haha...

A while back, I used to say Ly-Nux. I like your pronunciation the best, your pronunciation key seems the most accurate.

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sweet!

thanks! i tend to be good at this kinda stuff.

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Haha.

Oops. Unfortunately that was a reply to Ryan. Blum But your KompoZer one was good, thanks.

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i thought...

you were talking about my "line-ux". no worries thogh. ryans was good to.

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Uhmm

Yes Lee-nux is the proper way trust me I develop Ubuntummc and I should know from experience
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Alrighty.

I'll see if we get anymore suggestions on it, that's why I made this thread, everybody has their own idea of how to say things they learn on the internet.

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I'm pretty sure it's

I'm pretty sure it's "Ly-nix". It could very well be like "either". It just depends on the location. (Zach, you're in Canada, right? That could be the Canadian way of pronouncing it.) Maybe Ly-nix is the midwestern way of pronouncing it.

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No Porterkm it's not the Canadian way it's the way Linus Torvalds pronounced it as since he is the father of linux
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Oh...... How could so many

Oh...... How could so many pronunciations be "correct"?

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Tony Blair

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I don't know

I don't know but I read an interview about linus torvalds and he said thats the way it's pronounced and he provided a pronounciation key too
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Proof Right here

http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/
Thats how Linus says Linux and I go by that.
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Oh, thanks. "You're not to

Oh, thanks.

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"Porta-Putty"

I almost started referring to PA as Porta-Apps, but then that reminded me too much of this, so I stopped.

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all i had to do was...

scrool over the link and i ws really creeped out.

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Lihn-ucks

Vintage!

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Hmm.

Best pronunciation key so far in my opinion, because it doesn't incorparate and x to make it more confusing.

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"line-uks" then?

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"Lye-Nucks" _____________ Has

"Lye-Nucks"

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bolth good, bolth sound the same. (types this after repeating both pronunciations.)

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Ahah.

Signature, aha, chuckle.

Blum

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ooh. Time for an

ooh.

Time for an upgrade...
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What the?

How on earth did you do that?
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I use Code Page 437.
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Hmm...

Interesting...
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You get...

You get...
100 ₧

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whos

whos signiture?

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Well...

The person I replied to...
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ahh!

linux= lie-nu-ks, no pauses

MS-DOS= M-S--DOS, DOS kinda like daaas but with more of an o kinda sound.

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Recuva

The file recovery app made by the maker of CCleaner, is actually pronounced as Recover, but with a hint of Bostonian accent, which makes it sound more like "RecovAH"

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Here's the official Linux pronunciation: ˈlɪnʊks (IPA) Blum
In English:
ˈ - Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable)
l - As in left, bell
ɪ - As in sit
n - As in no, tin
ʊ - As in put, wood
k - As in cat, kill, skin, queen, thick
s - As in see, city, pass

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So,

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definatly...

line-uks

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No

Read the pronunciation key, its Lihnucks.
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Agreeing with Zach, it is

Agreeing with Zach, it is Lee-nucks. (See nekiruhs's link). Patrick, I believe the pronunciation key should be changed. Maybe have it with two different pronunciations (official and Linus Torvalds's).

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There are two correct pronunciations for the 'i':
Short 'i' (like in "icky", "spin")
Long 'i' (like in "Linus", "spine")

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hey porterkm!

what happened to bunny?!?

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Car accident.

Read the sticked post atop the General Discussion forum.

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Alternate pronunciations...

1) "Linux"
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Lie-nucks
and/or
Lie-nooks

Background:
This OS was named in honor of its Finnish developer, Linus Torvalds.
As an aside, in Finland the firstname is usually pronounced "Lee-noose".
But for the rest of us, depending on what part of the world/country (USA) you're from, the firstname "Linus" is usually pronounced

Lie-nuss
and/or
Lie-noose

Ergo, the above pronunciations supplied for the "Linux" OS...

2) Giga(whatever) - (Gigabyte, gigaflops, gigawatts, gigahertz, et al)
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Jigga
(as opposed to "gigga")

Background:
Historically this prefix (prior to the technology boom) was always pronounced with a 'soft g' sound ("J").
Witness the fact of many such pre-technology-boom words with the soft g pronunciation (spelled phonetically below):

Jiant, Jigantic, Jigawatts (think of the "Back To The Future" movies), etc.

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