josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.message-squaremessage-square120fedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square120fedilink
minus-squareChainweasel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down5·edit-21 year agoI’ve heard a lot of people pronounce it “Line-ux” lately. I hope it doesn’t blow up into another Gif vs Jif debate. Edit: and if it was supposed to be pronounced jif it would be spelled “jif”, regardless of what Steve Wilhite says.
minus-squareDraghetta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down4·1 year agoThere is nothing to debate, Linux is just Linus with an x at the end and should be pronounced as such. Though sometimes I wish Linus had claimed it was pronounced laynaxe just to fuck with people. Too bad we already know: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c39QPDTDdXU&pp=ygUpbXkgbmFtZSBpcyBsaW51cyB0b3J2YWxkcyBhbmQgaSBwcm9ub3VuY2U%3D
minus-squareDharma Curious@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoY’know the gnome/Guh-nome debate? I intentionally pronounce it Zhnome to fuck with people.
minus-squareCosmicomical@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoIt’s jee-nom, pronounced while rotating your eyes
minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAlso remember to pronounce KDE as “kdeeh” instead of spelling it
minus-squaremisophist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s pronounced djinn-ohm, like Genome. It’s a direct reference to magic, Buddhism, and the building blocks of life.
minus-squareGissaMittJobb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year ago Linux is just Linus with an x at the end and should be pronounced as such. Agreed. The Swedish/Finnish pronunciation of Linus is “Lee-nus” and not “Lai-nus”, hence the correct pronunciation of Linux is “Lee-nux”.
minus-squarezero_gravitas@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year ago“Hello, this is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce ‘Linux’ as ‘Linux’.”
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): “Hello, this is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce ‘Linux’ as ‘Linux’.” Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://m.piped.video/watch?v=c39QPDTDdXU&pp=ygUpbXkgbmFtZSBpcyBsaW51cyB0b3J2YWxkcyBhbmQgaSBwcm9ub3VuY2U%3D Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
minus-square7fb2adfb45bafcc01c80@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-23 months agoRemoved by mod
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoIt used to be Line-UI until programming jargon became woke and wanted “experiences” over “interfaces”
minus-squarenublug@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down17·1 year agoit’s jif. every argument for gif is wrong, and it sounds awkward af, like you got swiped by candlejack mid-wor
minus-squareNougat@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoJraphics Interchange Format.
minus-squareNollij@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoThey are usually seen next to J-fegs
minus-squarenublug@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agowe say jay-peg for jpeg, pee en gee for png, and ay tee em for atm. none of these are based on the pronunciation of the words they represent.
minus-squaremisophist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoMost of those are the way I commonly hear, except I’ve always heard PNG pronounced “ping”.
minus-squareTurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 year agoSo Scuba is pronounce Skuh-bah then, right? Since it’s Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.
minus-squareZellith@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoPeople know what a GIF is. So I use GIF. It’s worked out fine so far.
I’ve heard a lot of people pronounce it “Line-ux” lately. I hope it doesn’t blow up into another Gif vs Jif debate.
Edit: and if it was supposed to be pronounced jif it would be spelled “jif”, regardless of what Steve Wilhite says.
There is nothing to debate, Linux is just Linus with an x at the end and should be pronounced as such.
Though sometimes I wish Linus had claimed it was pronounced laynaxe just to fuck with people. Too bad we already know: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c39QPDTDdXU&pp=ygUpbXkgbmFtZSBpcyBsaW51cyB0b3J2YWxkcyBhbmQgaSBwcm9ub3VuY2U%3D
Y’know the gnome/Guh-nome debate? I intentionally pronounce it Zhnome to fuck with people.
It’s jee-nom, pronounced while rotating your eyes
Also remember to pronounce KDE as “kdeeh” instead of spelling it
The G and m are silent
It’s pronounced djinn-ohm, like Genome. It’s a direct reference to magic, Buddhism, and the building blocks of life.
Agreed. The Swedish/Finnish pronunciation of Linus is “Lee-nus” and not “Lai-nus”, hence the correct pronunciation of Linux is “Lee-nux”.
“Hello, this is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce ‘Linux’ as ‘Linux’.”
QED
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
“Hello, this is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce ‘Linux’ as ‘Linux’.”
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://m.piped.video/watch?v=c39QPDTDdXU&pp=ygUpbXkgbmFtZSBpcyBsaW51cyB0b3J2YWxkcyBhbmQgaSBwcm9ub3VuY2U%3D
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Removed by mod
It used to be Line-UI until programming jargon became woke and wanted “experiences” over “interfaces”
it’s jif. every argument for gif is wrong, and it sounds awkward af, like you got swiped by candlejack mid-wor
Jraphics Interchange Format.
They are usually seen next to J-fegs
we say jay-peg for jpeg, pee en gee for png, and ay tee em for atm. none of these are based on the pronunciation of the words they represent.
Most of those are the way I commonly hear, except I’ve always heard PNG pronounced “ping”.
I call them pong files
So Scuba is pronounce Skuh-bah then, right? Since it’s Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.
People know what a GIF is. So I use GIF. It’s worked out fine so far.