@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@zero_gravitas@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years ago“Hello, this is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce ‘Linux’ as ‘Linux’.” So yeah, he pronounces ‘Linus’ like ‘LEE-noose’, and ‘Linux’ like ‘LEE-nooks’. (Roughly, anyway. It should get the point across for most English speakers, I’m not at a computer to do a more-correct IPA transcription right now.)
minus-square@PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglish2•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.
“Hello, this is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce ‘Linux’ as ‘Linux’.”
So yeah, he pronounces ‘Linus’ like ‘LEE-noose’, and ‘Linux’ like ‘LEE-nooks’. (Roughly, anyway. It should get the point across for most English speakers, I’m not at a computer to do a more-correct IPA transcription right now.)
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.