@josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agoThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.message-square106fedilinkarrow-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 • 6 months agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-square@DragonTypeWyvernlink2•6 months agoUh huh And how would you pronounce it compared to a German?
minus-square@ebc@lemmy.calinkfedilink1•6 months agoThe 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.
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.