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The "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't. (leminal.space)

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[-] [email protected] 102 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

tl;dw: the Swedish and Finnish pronunciations use the same "i" as "Linux", but Torvalds doesn't care if people use the English one.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

That was very enlightening, the Spanish pronunciation is actually more close to that than the English one, so I feel very validated as an Spanish speaker. Thank you. Also didn't knew that he wasn't from an English speaking country.

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