josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.message-squaremessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down130
arrow-up1116arrow-down1message-squareThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square100fedilink
minus-squareEpzillon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up48·7 months agoExcept it doesn’t in Finnish, where Linus Torvald is from. Linus and Linux is pronounced the same except for the final consonant.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up19·7 months agoSo his name is really Lin-us and not Line-us?
minus-squareHeavybell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoI believe I saw a youtube clip of him saying his name and Linux that way, yes.
minus-squarezero_gravitas@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months ago“Hello, this is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce ‘Linux’ as ‘Linux’.”
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): “Hello, this is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce ‘Linux’ as ‘Linux’.” Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
minus-squareneidu@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·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-squaresharpiemarker@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·7 months agoI think it would be Line-us and Line-ux.
minus-squareFisk400@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up10·7 months agoNo. The Li sound is pronounced the same as in Lift or Lint and not Line.
minus-squaresharpiemarker@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoInteresting! Thanks for explaining. Mine was a guess at best.
minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoFinnish definitely does not use that pronunciation
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·7 months agoI’m Italian and I pronounce both "i"s in the same way. Why is English so strange?
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·7 months agoBlame the French.
minus-squareebc@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11·7 months agoHey, we pronounce both the same, too. Sorry English, that’s on you and you alone.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoUh huh And how would you pronounce it compared to a German?
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-27 months agoIn this particular instance, the Great Vowel Shift is to blame. What caused that is up for debate. In general, English is so strange because it’s a mongrel language, incorporating words from a variety of other different languages.
minus-squareTnaeriv@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoCorrection: Even though he’s Finnish, his primary language is Swedish
Except it doesn’t in Finnish, where Linus Torvald is from. Linus and Linux is pronounced the same except for the final consonant.
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’.”
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
“Hello, this is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce ‘Linux’ as ‘Linux’.”
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
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
I’m Italian and I pronounce both "i"s in the same way. Why is English so strange?
Blame the French.
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?
In this particular instance, the Great Vowel Shift is to blame. What caused that is up for debate.
In general, English is so strange because it’s a mongrel language, incorporating words from a variety of other different languages.
Correction: Even though he’s Finnish, his primary language is Swedish