@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 7 months agoThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.message-square112fedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down136
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 7 months agomessage-square112fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilinkEnglish8•7 months agoI believe I saw a youtube clip of him saying his name and Linux that way, yes.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•7 months ago“Hello, this is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce ‘Linux’ as ‘Linux’.”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•edit-27 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink12•7 months agoNo. The Li sound is pronounced the same as in Lift or Lint and not Line.
minus-squaresharpiemarkerlinkfedilink1•7 months agoInteresting! Thanks for explaining. Mine was a guess at best.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•7 months 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’.”
Thanks :)
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