josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.message-squaremessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down134
arrow-up1132arrow-down1message-squareThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square118fedilink
minus-squareHamartiogonic@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoYeah, me too. I was like: “dude, you just listen to the sounds, convert them to letters and you’re done. Why is everyone so excited about someone having learned the alphabet. That’s literally first grader stuff.” Then I realized how bad it really is in English.
Yeah, me too. I was like: “dude, you just listen to the sounds, convert them to letters and you’re done. Why is everyone so excited about someone having learned the alphabet. That’s literally first grader stuff.”
Then I realized how bad it really is in English.