josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 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 · 10 months agomessage-square100fedilink
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoakshully It’s “substitute user do”, and defaults to root IIRC
minus-squareintrapt@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoSo it should be pronounced “suh doo”? I’ll have fun annoying people with this pronunciation, thanks!
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoThe u is from user I assume, not substitute, so pronounced sue if you want to maintain the original pronunciation of the word it’s from.
akshully
It’s “substitute user do”, and defaults to root
IIRC
So it should be pronounced “suh doo”?
I’ll have fun annoying people with this pronunciation, thanks!
The u is from user I assume, not substitute, so pronounced sue if you want to maintain the original pronunciation of the word it’s from.