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ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 1 year ago

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

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

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ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 1 year ago

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9•1 year ago
You don’t pronounce it “line-ux?”
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  1 year ago
  No, I pronounce them Lee-nukes and Lee-noose.
- @nomecks
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  1•1 year ago
  Lie nucks
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    1•1 year ago
    Over on the far right we use Truth Chucks. None of that Antarctic communist bs.
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  “Line-oh” like its French
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  Bro… do people unironically say it the other way?

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