josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.message-squaremessage-square112fedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down135
arrow-up1118arrow-down1message-squareThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square112fedilink
minus-squareebc@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 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.
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.