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He speaks Finnish fluently, I've videos of his lectures about Linux from the 90s at Helsinki University. Had I not known who he was, I would have not guessed he
by ane 10y ago
He speaks Finnish fluently, I've videos of his lectures about Linux from the 90s at Helsinki University. Had I not known who he was, I would have not guessed he was of the Swedish-speaking minority (either that or I wasn't paying attention, I saw them ten years ago). You can find some videos on YouTube, no doubt.
- akavi 10y agoInteresting! I'd read an interview where he claimed his proficiency was noticeably non-native[0], but maybe he was just being self-effacing. [0] http://www.linuxveda.com/2011/11/02/which-is-linus-torvalds-native-language-finnish-or-swedish/ http://www.linuxveda.com/2011/11/02/which-is-linus-torvalds-...
- ptaipale 10y agoLinus has excellent proficiency in Finnish; his intonation is distinctly that of a Swedish-speaking native but that is just a matter of style. But then there are Finnish rock stars who lived a year in Stockholm and then pretended they've forgotten all about Finnish language. (Andy McCoy of Hanoi Rocks, I mean).