如何發音?

2004/12/08 |

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Linux有許多縮寫字, 到底應該怎要發音才好呢? 以下是由網路上蒐集來的一些發音概要:

1. Linux: "據說"至少有三種發音; 里努克斯, 里尼克斯

Linux" is a computer operating system kernel commonly used in GNU/Linux operating system such as Debian and RedHat.

Here's the gaffer and chief kernel hacker, Linus Torvalds showing us—in his very own words (with Swedish/Finnish accent)—

how to say Linux: torvalds-says-linux.wav (81kB).

There are at least three common pronunciations, and none are authoritative. Because Linus is an ethnic Swede from Finland, he pronounces it with a short "ee" sound we don't have in English. Some people pronounce it "Line-ix" like the English version of Linus. Others pronounce it "linnix", trying to imitate the Swedish. (The last vowel, being unstressed, can sound like a short i, short u, or schwa, as is normal rules of English.)

Now that Linus has been in the US a few years, he's starting to adopt an American pronunciation. When he spoke at the LinuxWorld in ྞ, he pronounced his name "Line-us" and his OS "linnix". Even when he used both in the same sentence. However, he has said he doesn't care how people pronounce it. He just wants people to use it.

2.GNOME – [nom] 或 [格-nom]

GNOME stands for "GNU Network Object Model Environment". GNU stands for "GNU's Not Unix", and has always been officially pronounced "guh-NEW" to minimize confusion. Since GNU is GNOME's first name, GNOME is officially pronounced "guh-NOME".

However, many people pronounce GNOME as just "NOME" (like those short people from legend), nobody will hurt you if you find this pronunciation easier.

3.SuSE – 蘇西

SuSE stands for System und Software Entwicklung, which is German for "System and software development".

The closest English approximation to the German pronunciation is something like soo'-sah with the stress on the first syllable (that's how suse.com says to pronounce it.

Of course, that's not a natural pronunciation for a native English speaker. The only e's at the ends of English words that are not silent are long (double e's), and this influences a lot of native English speakers to pronounce SuSE like Susie.

4.Debian – 蝶比恩

Debian GNU/Linux is a free distribution of the GNU/Linux operating

system.

Debian is pronounced Deb'-ee-en, with a short e in Deb, and emphasis on the first syllable. This word is a contraction of the names of Debra and Ian Murdock, who founded the project. (Dictionaries seem to offer some ambiguity in the pronunciation of Ian (!), but Ian prefers ee'-en.)