josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.message-squaremessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down135
arrow-up1130arrow-down1message-squareThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square119fedilink
minus-squareDharma Curious@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoY’know the gnome/Guh-nome debate? I intentionally pronounce it Zhnome to fuck with people.
minus-squareCosmicomical@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoIt’s jee-nom, pronounced while rotating your eyes
minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoAlso remember to pronounce KDE as “kdeeh” instead of spelling it
minus-squaremisophist@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoIt’s pronounced djinn-ohm, like Genome. It’s a direct reference to magic, Buddhism, and the building blocks of life.
Y’know the gnome/Guh-nome debate? I intentionally pronounce it Zhnome to fuck with people.
It’s jee-nom, pronounced while rotating your eyes
Also remember to pronounce KDE as “kdeeh” instead of spelling it
The G and m are silent
It’s pronounced djinn-ohm, like Genome. It’s a direct reference to magic, Buddhism, and the building blocks of life.