josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.message-squaremessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down136
arrow-up1130arrow-down1message-squareThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-squareSatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up19·11 months agoI first started using Linux in 1995 (I think it was kernel 1.2 or something), and this was being argued over (or at least discussed) even back then. The conclusion was that Leenus doesn’t care how you pronounce Leenux.
minus-squareentropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up17·11 months agoAnd he pronounces it Leenooks
minus-squareSatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 months agoYou’re exactly correct. That was my best approximation.
I first started using Linux in 1995 (I think it was kernel 1.2 or something), and this was being argued over (or at least discussed) even back then. The conclusion was that Leenus doesn’t care how you pronounce Leenux.
And he pronounces it Leenooks
You’re exactly correct. That was my best approximation.