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TIL: Linus is a Swedish speaking Finn; and those are a thing. This sound has lived rent-free in my head since 1994: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Linus-l
by qingcharles 2y ago
TIL: Linus is a Swedish speaking Finn; and those are a thing.
This sound has lived rent-free in my head since 1994:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Linus-linux.ogg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Linus-linux.ogg
- rottc0dd 2y agoWow! I think he got different in his English diction much later in his life?
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- stmw 2y agoIndeed, he is part of the Swedish minority in Finland... I thought everyone (on HN) already knew that?
- qingcharles 2y agoNope! Slipped me by and I'm a language nerd who literally worked for Nokia (only one trip to the mothership though) and spent my teens deep in the Finnish demoscene and the rest of the 90s knee-deep in Linux.
- emmelaich 2y agoMany Fins can speak Swedish. Around 10pc? It is an official language. When I met Linus T in 1994/5 I asked why he spoke Swedish and not Finnish and he rolled his eyes. Was so sick of the question even then. https://linuxjournal.rubdos.be/ljarchive/LJ/008/2867.html https://linuxjournal.rubdos.be/ljarchive/LJ/008/2867.html
- pimeys 2y agoYeah. Speaking swedish especially in the coastal area of Finland is quite common. My father in law mixes both languages together in a funny way in his talk. It's kind of funny, but also pretty common among the Finnish-Swedes...
- trueismywork 2y agoTranscoding
- wolfi1 2y agoclassic, was on the search for it. I can remember, there was a file on the ftp sites called linus.au (the original I presume, since .ogg hasn't been invented at the time), there was a non-english version as well (finnish?). glad it survived somehow. thank you for the link
- zaikunzhang 2y agoYou might like to see https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/SillySounds/ https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/SillySounds/