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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago

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

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

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago

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I think it would be Line-us and Line-ux.
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  No. The Li sound is pronounced the same as in Lift or Lint and not Line.
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    Interesting! Thanks for explaining. Mine was a guess at best.
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  Finnish definitely does not use that pronunciation

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