The "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world – 129 points – 7 months ago121Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentPronounced "yiff"Gyif 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. 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.Hiff, if you want to make up a Spanish pronunciation.
Pronounced "yiff"Gyif 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. 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.Hiff, if you want to make up a Spanish pronunciation.
Gyif 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. 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.
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.
Pronounced "yiff"
Gyif
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.
Hiff, if you want to make up a Spanish pronunciation.