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		Muzza on July 30, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: "SQLite is not designed to replace Oracle. It is d... Linus is a native speaker of Swedish, not Finnish.

k33l0r on July 30, 2011 | [–]

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

Muzza on July 30, 2011 | | [–]

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

MostAwesomeDude on July 30, 2011 | [–]

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

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