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-square122fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down136
arrow-up1130arrow-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-square122fedilink
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.
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.