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Interesting! 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.lin
by akavi 10y ago
Interesting! 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).