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LinuxCon Brazil: Q&A with Linus and AndrewLinuxCon Brazil: Q&A with Linus and AndrewPosted Aug 31, 2010 23:38 UTC (Tue) by jake (editor, #205)In reply to: LinuxCon Brazil: Q&A with Linus and Andrew by dskoll Parent article: LinuxCon Brazil: Q&A with Linus and Andrew
> I thought Linus's native language was Swedish. Am I wrong?
No, you aren't wrong. I asked Jon the same question when I reviewed the article and that's what Linus said. Our presumption is that it is too complicated for him to explain a "Swedish" reference when he is known to be from Finland. Swedes and Finns would probably understand, but the rest of us might be puzzled :)
jake
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LinuxCon Brazil: Q&A with Linus and Andrew Posted Sep 1, 2010 0:16 UTC (Wed) by cesarb (subscriber, #6266) [Link]
I agree, unless I misheard Linus clearly said "Finnish".
LinuxCon Brazil: Q&A with Linus and Andrew Posted Sep 1, 2010 6:00 UTC (Wed) by tajyrink (subscriber, #2750) [Link]
It's probably indeed easier to use "Finnish" as in "the languages spoken in Finland". Swedish is the native language of 5.5% of Finnish people, but most of the ones living in eg. metropolitan area have in practice native kind of Finnish as well. I guess it changes from person to person how one categorizes those, ie. is Swedish a specialty talked with Swedish speaking friends, or is Finnish a specialty but just talked with a majority of people. Usually if one categorizes oneself as Swedish-speaking Finn (usually when both parents have always spoken Swedish) like Linus and not bilingual, then it's Swedish that is the "normal" language.
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