@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@GissaMittJobb@lemmy.mllinkfedilink3•1 year ago Linux is just Linus with an x at the end and should be pronounced as such. Agreed. The Swedish/Finnish pronunciation of Linus is “Lee-nus” and not “Lai-nus”, hence the correct pronunciation of Linux is “Lee-nux”.
minus-square@zero_gravitas@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year ago“Hello, this is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce ‘Linux’ as ‘Linux’.”
minus-square@PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year 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.
Agreed. The Swedish/Finnish pronunciation of Linus is “Lee-nus” and not “Lai-nus”, hence the correct pronunciation of Linux is “Lee-nux”.
“Hello, this is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce ‘Linux’ as ‘Linux’.”
QED
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.