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-square121fedilinkarrow-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-square121fedilink
minus-squareebclinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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.
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.