@josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.message-square120fedilinkarrow-up1167arrow-down136
arrow-up1131arrow-down1message-squareThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.@josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square120fedilink
minus-square@Heavybell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 years agoI believe I saw a youtube clip of him saying his name and Linux that way, yes.
minus-square@zero_gravitas@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years ago“Hello, this is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce ‘Linux’ as ‘Linux’.”
minus-square@PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): “Hello, this is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce ‘Linux’ as ‘Linux’.” Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
minus-square@neidu@feddit.nllinkfedilink4•edit-22 years agoYes. Source: I’m Norwegian but I used to know an irate IT finn named Linus. A separate irate IT finn named Linus, that is.
minus-square@Fisk400@feddit.nulinkfedilink12•2 years agoNo. The Li sound is pronounced the same as in Lift or Lint and not Line.
minus-squaresharpiemarkerlinkfedilink1•2 years agoInteresting! Thanks for explaining. Mine was a guess at best.
So his name is really Lin-us and not Line-us?
I believe I saw a youtube clip of him saying his name and Linux that way, yes.
“Hello, this is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce ‘Linux’ as ‘Linux’.”
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
“Hello, this is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce ‘Linux’ as ‘Linux’.”
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Thanks :)
Yes.
Source: I’m Norwegian but I used to know an irate IT finn named Linus. A separate irate IT finn named Linus, that is.
I think it would be Line-us and Line-ux.
No. The Li sound is pronounced the same as in Lift or Lint and not Line.
Interesting! Thanks for explaining. Mine was a guess at best.
Finnish definitely does not use that pronunciation