Thread: Linus is talking to me?
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2008-06-06 , 21:26
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Originally Posted by suitti View Post
Wow. So, since 1992, i've been pronouncing "linux" correctly. I'd guessed it wouldn't have anything to do with how he pronounces his name. I'm so prophetic.
Linus Torvalds actually pronounces his name three different ways depending on which language he's speaking:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5IfHm6R5le0

The Finnish pronunciation of the name "Linus" is roughly LEE-noose, and in Finnish the word "linux" would be correctly pronounced "LIH-nooks". (Little bit of language trivia here, Finnish tends to emphasise the first syllable of its words, so for example you should say "HEL-sinki" and not "hel-SINKI").

However, Linus is from the Swedish-speaking minority of Finland, and he works mainly in English, so the situation is a little bit complicated. :-)