> but I've never heard anyone, anywhere, ever pronounce it that > way in North America. Odd. Linus' way of pronouncing Linux is the way I've always heard it in NZ But it's funny how some people just seem to ignore how everybody else pronounces a name. I saw a documentary some time ago and the BBC reporter, for a whole irritating hour, pronounced NASA as "Narzar". He must be the only one in the whole world who doesn't say "na sa" -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body