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

Epzillon@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• echodot@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So his name is really Lin-us and not Line-us?

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  • Heavybell@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I believe I saw a youtube clip of him saying his name and Linux that way, yes.

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    • zero_gravitas@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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      • Heavybell@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thanks :)

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  • neidu@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes. I’m Norwegian but I used to know an irate IT finn named Linus. A separate irate IT finn named Linus, that is.

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  • Sharpiemarker@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think it would be Line-us and Line-ux.

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    • Fisk400@feddit.nu ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No. The Li sound is pronounced the same as in Lift or Lint and not Line.

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      • Sharpiemarker@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Interesting! Thanks for explaining. Mine was a guess at best.

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    • Natanael@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Finnish definitely does not use that pronunciation

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• Scrollone@feddit.it ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m Italian and I pronounce both "i"s in the same way. Why is English so strange?

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  • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Blame the French.

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    • ebc@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hey, we pronounce both the same, too. Sorry English, that’s on you and you alone.

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      • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Uh huh

        And how would you pronounce it compared to a German?

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  • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In this particular instance, the Great Vowel Shift is to blame. What caused that is up for debate.

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• Tnaeriv@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Correction: Even though he’s Finnish, his primary language is Swedish

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• zero_gravitas@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

  So yeah, he pronounces ‘Linus’ like ‘LEE-noose’, and ‘Linux’ like ‘LEE-nooks’. (Roughly, anyway. It should get the point across for most English speakers, I’m not at a computer to do a more-correct IPA transcription right now.)

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