josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.message-squaremessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down135
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square119fedilink
minus-squareebc@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11·11 months agoHey, we pronounce both the same, too. Sorry English, that’s on you and you alone.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoUh huh And how would you pronounce it compared to a German?
minus-squareebc@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoThe I as in “free”, but shorter (not drawn out) and the u as in “urban”, maybe? It’s hard to find English words where they make the french U sound, but it’s pronounced the same pretty much all the time.
Hey, we pronounce both the same, too. Sorry English, that’s on you and you alone.
Uh huh
And how would you pronounce it compared to a German?
The I as in “free”, but shorter (not drawn out) and the u as in “urban”, maybe? It’s hard to find English words where they make the french U sound, but it’s pronounced the same pretty much all the time.