josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前The "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.message-squaremessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down136
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前message-square115fedilink
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 年前I thought Linux was named after Linus Torvalds, its creator.
minus-squareHerbal Gamer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down4·1 年前Linux Is Not a Unix System
minus-squareEmoDuck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 年前Oh, is that what Linux stands for. But then what does Linux stand for?
minus-squareGigan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 年前If that’s the case, maybe he’s addressed why they are pronounced differently.
minus-squarejkozaka@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 年前He has. The pronunciation comes from Finnish. How to pronounce it. See how it’s similar with the Finnish accent?
minus-squareGigan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 年前He also pronounces the “i” the same in both words. So I guess it’s because of his Finnish accent? Hey OP! We have your answer!
minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 年前He has a strong Swedish accent on how he’s pronouncing his own name though
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 年前Here is an alternative Piped link(s): How to pronounce it. Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
I thought Linux was named after Linus Torvalds, its creator.
Linux Is Not a Unix System
Oh, is that what Linux stands for. But then what does Linux stand for?
No that’s what Linus stands for.
If that’s the case, maybe he’s addressed why they are pronounced differently.
He has. The pronunciation comes from Finnish. How to pronounce it. See how it’s similar with the Finnish accent?
He also pronounces the “i” the same in both words. So I guess it’s because of his Finnish accent? Hey OP! We have your answer!
He has a strong Swedish accent on how he’s pronouncing his own name though
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
How to pronounce it.
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.