As a European it makes me proud to get a direct shout out from Linus 🫶🏻
this post was submitted on 16 Jul 2024
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I mean, Linus Torvalds is an european after all.
Something feels funny about “an European”. I’m pretty sure I’d say “A European”, but I have no idea what rule is triggering me to say that.
Damn English is all over the place.
I didnt even think about it, but looking it up „a European“ is correct. It‘s not about the letter, but the sound.
Source: https://www.quora.com/Which-is-correct-%E2%80%9Ca-European%E2%80%9D-or-%E2%80%9Can-European%E2%80%9D-Why
Whenever someone types “an historic” I read it as “an istoric” in my mind.
And you'd be right to do so!
I read that in a French accent
What an horrible rule
I disagree. It just marks the break between two vowel sounds. In English we just happen to write it down when necessary. French does this too, but in the opposite direction. As a general rule, one does not pronounce the last consonant of a word except in instances where two vowel sounds meet. In these cases, the first word's consonant links into the second word
Whoosh
Lmao alright fair play
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it absolutely is.
Imperialism does that.
English spelling doesn't match sound, it's about sound
European is (depending on exact dialect) /ˌjoː.ɹəˈpɪ.jan/, so it begins with a consonant. So you don't need "an"
It's most likely because you don't pronounce a vowel at the front of the word, even if you write one.
He’s a naturalised American citizen as of a decade or two ago, IIRC.
Has a dual citizenship of Finland and the USA, so still a European citizen too.
Wouldn’t he have had to renounce his Finnish citizenship to be naturalised?
In any case, as he’s based in the US, the European culture of taking an entire month off a year, and of almost everyone in the same country taking time off at the same time and things shutting down for a month, wouldn’t be something he participates in. Even if he had 30 days of leave a year and took all of July off, in the US that would be a personal idiosyncracy (“that’s just Linus being Linus”) rather than a mass cultural phenomenon.
You can be a citizen of multiple countries at the same time, as long as all of them allow dual/multiple citizenship.
The US used to require new citizens to renounce other nationalities, and I haven’t heard of them changing this. Rupert Murdoch had to renounce his Australian citizenship when he became a US citizen in the 80s. I think Linus was naturalised in the 90s or 00s, so not too long after.
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/before-you-go/travelers-with-special-considerations/Dual-Nationality-Travelers.html says that dual citizenship is allowed. From that page:
Wikipedia says:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_nationality_law#Dual_nationality
Kinda weird that it seems weird there that working for a year earns you 4 weeks off. Probably something to do with workers unions.
This is what we have in Australia. It's mandatory to get at least 20 days (4 work weeks) of PTO per year.
What does naturalised mean in that context?
Sounds like a label you'd put on meat or vegetables.
He got a citizenship after the fact, rather thab by the virtue of his birth (on US soil or to a US citizen parent). More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalization
He now lives in the US
Portland Oregon