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-square112linkfedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down136
arrow-up1130arrow-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-square112linkfedilink
minus-squareDraghetta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down4·1 year agoThere 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: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c39QPDTDdXU&pp=ygUpbXkgbmFtZSBpcyBsaW51cyB0b3J2YWxkcyBhbmQgaSBwcm9ub3VuY2U%3D
minus-squareDharma Curious@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoY’know the gnome/Guh-nome debate? I intentionally pronounce it Zhnome to fuck with people.
minus-squareCosmicomical@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoIt’s jee-nom, pronounced while rotating your eyes
minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAlso remember to pronounce KDE as “kdeeh” instead of spelling it
minus-squaremisophist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s pronounced djinn-ohm, like Genome. It’s a direct reference to magic, Buddhism, and the building blocks of life.
minus-squareGissaMittJobb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year ago 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”.
minus-squarezero_gravitas@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year ago“Hello, this is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce ‘Linux’ as ‘Linux’.”
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: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c39QPDTDdXU&pp=ygUpbXkgbmFtZSBpcyBsaW51cyB0b3J2YWxkcyBhbmQgaSBwcm9ub3VuY2U%3D
Y’know the gnome/Guh-nome debate? I intentionally pronounce it Zhnome to fuck with people.
It’s jee-nom, pronounced while rotating your eyes
The G and m are silent
Also remember to pronounce KDE as “kdeeh” instead of spelling it
It’s pronounced djinn-ohm, like Genome. It’s a direct reference to magic, Buddhism, and the building blocks of life.
Agreed. The Swedish/Finnish pronunciation of Linus is “Lee-nus” and not “Lai-nus”, hence the correct pronunciation of Linux is “Lee-nux”.
“Hello, this is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce ‘Linux’ as ‘Linux’.”
QED