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As an aside, to follow Linus' pronunciation, it is Lee-nucks, from the Finnish way of pronouncing "Linus." Americans are used to a different pronunciation of the same name and thus generally adopted a different way of saying "Linux."

Language is fascinating!

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Linus is a native speaker of Swedish, not Finnish.

The pronunciation of 'Linus' is pretty much the same in Swedish and Finnish, though.

Surely the U differs. To Sweden-Swedish ears at least, Linus in Finnish sounds like Linos.

The Internets confirms this. I didn't know that; I learned something today!

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