josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.message-squaremessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up1163arrow-down136
arrow-up1127arrow-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-square119fedilink
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 year agoSo his name is really Lin-us and not Line-us?
minus-squareHeavybell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoI believe I saw a youtube clip of him saying his name and Linux that way, yes.
minus-squarezero_gravitas@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months ago“Hello, this is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce ‘Linux’ as ‘Linux’.”
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months 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.
minus-squareneidu@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-211 months agoYes. Source: I’m Norwegian but I used to know an irate IT finn named Linus. A separate irate IT finn named Linus, that is.
minus-squaresharpiemarker@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·1 year agoI think it would be Line-us and Line-ux.
minus-squareFisk400@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoNo. The Li sound is pronounced the same as in Lift or Lint and not Line.
minus-squaresharpiemarker@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoInteresting! Thanks for explaining. Mine was a guess at best.
minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoFinnish definitely does not use that pronunciation
So his name is really Lin-us and not Line-us?
I believe I saw a youtube clip of him saying his name and Linux that way, yes.
“Hello, this is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce ‘Linux’ as ‘Linux’.”
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.
Yes.
Source: I’m Norwegian but I used to know an irate IT finn named Linus. A separate irate IT finn named Linus, that is.
I think it would be Line-us and Line-ux.
No. The Li sound is pronounced the same as in Lift or Lint and not Line.
Interesting! Thanks for explaining. Mine was a guess at best.
Finnish definitely does not use that pronunciation