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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Oh my God is Linux pronounced Line-ux?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    That's how I used to say it decades ago when it was one of those "I have only ever read it" words.

    It's probably because I knew the name Linus from Peanuts / Charlie Brown, and in that they pronounce it "Lie-nuss." So back then I said "Lie-nux." When I first heard it as "Linn-nix" it sounded not just wrong but less cool.

    But between having watched videos of Torvalds speak, and knowing a handful of Finland's neighbors (Swedes) the correct pronunciation of "Linn-nix" is the only way I even think of it in my head now.

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