@[email protected] to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 1 year agoThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.message-square121fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down136
arrow-up1130arrow-down1message-squareThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.@[email protected] to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square121fedilink
minus-squareDharma Curiouslinkfedilink4•1 year agoY’know the gnome/Guh-nome debate? I intentionally pronounce it Zhnome to fuck with people.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoAlso remember to pronounce KDE as “kdeeh” instead of spelling it
minus-square@misophistlink1•1 year agoIt’s pronounced djinn-ohm, like Genome. It’s a direct reference to magic, Buddhism, and the building blocks of life.
Y’know the gnome/Guh-nome debate? I intentionally pronounce it Zhnome to fuck with people.
It’s jee-nom, pronounced while rotating your eyes
Also remember to pronounce KDE as “kdeeh” instead of spelling it
The G and m are silent
It’s pronounced djinn-ohm, like Genome. It’s a direct reference to magic, Buddhism, and the building blocks of life.