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

Chainweasel@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Draghetta@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There is nothing to debate, Linux is just Linus with an x at the end and should be pronounced as such.

  Though sometimes I wish Linus had claimed it was pronounced laynaxe just to fuck with people. Too bad we already know: m.youtube.com/watch?v=c39QPDTDdXU&pp=ygUpbXkg…

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  • DharmaCurious@startrek.website ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Y’know the gnome/Guh-nome debate? I intentionally pronounce it Zhnome to fuck with people.

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    • Cosmicomical@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It's jee-nom, pronounced while rotating your eyes

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    • misophist@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s pronounced djinn-ohm, like Genome. It’s a direct reference to magic, Buddhism, and the building blocks of life.

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    • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Also remember to pronounce KDE as “kdeeh” instead of spelling it

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• nublug@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  it’s jif. every argument for gif is wrong, and it sounds awkward af, like you got swiped by candlejack mid-wor

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  • Nougat@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Jraphics Interchange Format.

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    • Nollij@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They are usually seen next to J-fegs

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    • nublug@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      we say jay-peg for jpeg, pee en gee for png, and ay tee em for atm. none of these are based on the pronunciation of the words they represent.

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      • misophist@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Most of those are the way I commonly hear, except I’ve always heard PNG pronounced “ping”.

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    • TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So Scuba is pronounce Skuh-bah then, right?

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  • Zellith@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    People know what a GIF is. So I use GIF. It's worked out fine so far.

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• 7fb2adfb45bafcc01c80@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I started back with kernel 0.12 and called it Line-ucks. I still do and people look at me funny, but it’s an old habit and I’m an old dog.

  When Linux released his audio file it was already etched into my brain the other way. I do remember being joking that I’m glad his name wasn’t Pinus (like the genus for pine trees) after hearing him say it.

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• milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It used to be Line-UI until programming jargon became woke and wanted “experiences” over “interfaces”

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