@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-square@RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•1 year agoHiff, if you want to make up a Spanish pronunciation.
minus-squareEcho Dotlinkfedilink2•1 year agoGyif Also doesn’t help that apparently it’s named after a brand of peanut butter (why) that is only available in the states and nowhere else on earth.
minus-square@samus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year ago it’s named after a brand of peanut butter Not exactly; the word is an acronym which the creator then chose to pronounce like the peanut butter.
Pronounced “yiff”
Hiff, if you want to make up a Spanish pronunciation.
Gyif
Also doesn’t help that apparently it’s named after a brand of peanut butter (why) that is only available in the states and nowhere else on earth.
Not exactly; the word is an acronym which the creator then chose to pronounce like the peanut butter.