Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago

The "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.

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The "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.

Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago

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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.

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