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-squareebc@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 年前Hey, we pronounce both the same, too. Sorry English, that’s on you and you alone.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 年前Uh huh And how would you pronounce it compared to a German?
minus-squareebc@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 年前The I as in “free”, but shorter (not drawn out) and the u as in “urban”, maybe? It’s hard to find English words where they make the french U sound, but it’s pronounced the same pretty much all the time.
Hey, we pronounce both the same, too. Sorry English, that’s on you and you alone.
Uh huh
And how would you pronounce it compared to a German?
The I as in “free”, but shorter (not drawn out) and the u as in “urban”, maybe? It’s hard to find English words where they make the french U sound, but it’s pronounced the same pretty much all the time.