nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq0dxafmw65292jj77fv3y8zmfc59lns47f4j6au2ahs47acy9ex7s6yzyt0 Billion was just a random example. My point was that it’s a word where 2 countries h...
@nprofile1q... Only in tech circles, and I still struggle to remind myself to say Lih-nucks. Only because I know that's how Torvalds wanted it pronounced. Being verb sandwiched between two consonants, followed by another verb, the most correct in English would be to pronounce the I as hard. If he wanted it pronounced with a soft i, he should've spelt it "Linnux" with two n's.
More than one of my colleagues actually insist on pronouncing Jira with a hard I too, so it comes out as "J-eye-ra". :D
On the other hand, the Brits have always pronounced Nokia as if it were spelt Nokkia, whereas the Americans always pronounced it No-kia (as in, the Korean car brand is nowhere to be found)... which is the way one might've expected the Brits to pronounce it.
Which is just another one of those exceptions like my original example of why we would say pythIN but RecORD, while Americans would say pythON but recIRD.
There is no consistency. It's just one big mess. :)
More than one of my colleagues actually insist on pronouncing Jira with a hard I too, so it comes out as "J-eye-ra". :D
On the other hand, the Brits have always pronounced Nokia as if it were spelt Nokkia, whereas the Americans always pronounced it No-kia (as in, the Korean car brand is nowhere to be found)... which is the way one might've expected the Brits to pronounce it.
Which is just another one of those exceptions like my original example of why we would say pythIN but RecORD, while Americans would say pythON but recIRD.
There is no consistency. It's just one big mess. :)