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-square3fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-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-square3fedilink
minus-squareEpzillon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoExcept it doesn’t in Finnish, where Linus Torvald is from. Linus and Linux is pronounced the same except for the final consonant.
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI’m Italian and I pronounce both "i"s in the same way. Why is English so strange?
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoIn this particular instance, the Great Vowel Shift is to blame. What caused that is up for debate. In general, English is so strange because it’s a mongrel language, incorporating words from a variety of other different languages.
Except it doesn’t in Finnish, where Linus Torvald is from. Linus and Linux is pronounced the same except for the final consonant.
I’m Italian and I pronounce both "i"s in the same way. Why is English so strange?
In this particular instance, the Great Vowel Shift is to blame. What caused that is up for debate.
In general, English is so strange because it’s a mongrel language, incorporating words from a variety of other different languages.