josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.message-squaremessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down136
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square122fedilink
minus-squareEcho Dotlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoGyif Also doesn’t help that apparently it’s named after a brand of peanut butter (why) that is only available in the states and nowhere else on earth.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months ago it’s named after a brand of peanut butter Not exactly; the word is an acronym which the creator then chose to pronounce like the peanut butter.
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Also doesn’t help that apparently it’s named after a brand of peanut butter (why) that is only available in the states and nowhere else on earth.
Not exactly; the word is an acronym which the creator then chose to pronounce like the peanut butter.