@josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.message-square117arrow-up1166arrow-down136
arrow-up1130arrow-down1message-squareThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.@josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square117
minus-squareDharma Curiouslinkfedilink4•1 year agoY’know the gnome/Guh-nome debate? I intentionally pronounce it Zhnome to fuck with people.
minus-square@misophist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•1 year agoIt’s pronounced djinn-ohm, like Genome. It’s a direct reference to magic, Buddhism, and the building blocks of life.
Y’know the gnome/Guh-nome debate? I intentionally pronounce it Zhnome to fuck with people.
It’s jee-nom, pronounced while rotating your eyes
It’s pronounced djinn-ohm, like Genome. It’s a direct reference to magic, Buddhism, and the building blocks of life.
The G and m are silent
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