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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago

The "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.

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The "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago

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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”.
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  “Hello, this is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce ‘Linux’ as ‘Linux’.”
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    QED

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