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-up1165arrow-down136
arrow-up1129arrow-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-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoakshully It’s “substitute user do”, and defaults to root IIRC
minus-squareintrapt@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoSo it should be pronounced “suh doo”? I’ll have fun annoying people with this pronunciation, thanks!
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThe u is from user I assume, not substitute, so pronounced sue if you want to maintain the original pronunciation of the word it’s from.
minus-squarez00s@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIf you need to start with ackshully, then you don’t need to comment
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoakshully, I didn’t need to start with ‘akshully’, I just chose to.
minus-squarez00s@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoYou chose to he a dickhead, interesting
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago interesting Indeed? Are you something of a connoisseur?
minus-squarez00s@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYes, I see a lot of dickheads on the internet
akshully
It’s “substitute user do”, and defaults to root
IIRC
So it should be pronounced “suh doo”?
I’ll have fun annoying people with this pronunciation, thanks!
The u is from user I assume, not substitute, so pronounced sue if you want to maintain the original pronunciation of the word it’s from.
If you need to start with ackshully, then you don’t need to comment
akshully, I didn’t need to start with ‘akshully’, I just chose to.
You chose to he a dickhead, interesting
Indeed? Are you something of a connoisseur?
Yes, I see a lot of dickheads on the internet