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As an aside, to follow Linus' pronunciation, it is Lee-nucks, from the Finnish way of pronouncing "Linus." Americans are used to a different pronunciation of th
by MostAwesomeDude 15y ago
As an aside, to follow Linus' pronunciation, it is Lee-nucks, from the Finnish way of pronouncing "Linus." Americans are used to a different pronunciation of the same name and thus generally adopted a different way of saying "Linux."
Language is fascinating!
- Muzza 15y agoLinus is a native speaker of Swedish, not Finnish.
- MostAwesomeDude 15y agoThe Internets confirms this. I didn't know that; I learned something today!
- k33l0r 15y agoThe pronunciation of 'Linus' is pretty much the same in Swedish and Finnish, though.
- Muzza 15y agoSurely the U differs. To Sweden-Swedish ears at least, Linus in Finnish sounds like Linos.