nostr:npub1lm3mycesgk0uvhlsesnty9w62rmfrd5avqsha9kvfykery2gll8qlpkg7j nostr:npub1a73wyr3s8ffagwsnlfd548d0nsaqcwdnn6550akehaxglw3kzc8qce7y6q Back in the 90s, it was often pronounced LIE-nucks for that very reason. But then some people pointed out that Linus isn’t pronounced LIE-nus in Finland, so they started trying to pronounce it the way Finns would. But there’s a bit of nuance to the vowel in Linus. It’s closer to LEE-nus, but there’s just enough of a diphthong that it has a hint of the “IH” sound to it as well. So that’s what it became.