Lin-AY-un, without a doubt.

We should build a phylogenetic tree of all the different pronunciations.

If you knock on Liz Warren's door she would probably tell you (it's "lin-AY-un")

I’ve always heard it Lin-ee-an.

Lynn - ane

Yeah, and that's what the buses say too

Correct

I grew up near that street. I always called it this.

That would be aligned with the pronunciation of Linnaeus that it's presumably named after.

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It’s pronounced Linnaean street

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Buses have plenty of weird pronunciations.

Lynn Ian

Me, too.

Lin-e-n

You are correct. I grew up there too! You must have gone to Peabody!

Same way you would pronounce Carl Linnaeus's surname...

Agreed. I grew up on Donnell Street (don-ELL) and we always called it LIN-ee-un Street.

Lin ee un

I grew up and went to Peabody and it’s always been Lin eee un street. Lin nay yun is what non locals call it.

I lived at 3 Linnaean st for 5 + years. Always pronounced it Lin-Ay-un. I’m from western Massachusetts but have multiple friends who were born and raised in Cambridge, with their parents and grandparents also living/being raised in Cambridge. They are certain it’s pronounced “Lin-ee-un”. Given this is their town I have to say they are right and I’m pronouncing it wrong. But I’m stuck in my ways so will always call it “Lin-ay-un”.

Good times there. Shout out half shell and abbey !!

She’s not a local though, from oklahoma

She's lived on Linnaean for many years, was my only point

Was going to make this comment as well. I am surprised how many people who grew up around here pronounce it differently!

She's in town a lot. I have run into her a few times at a neighborhood bar.

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Of course I was just being silly

Ah, so it's von Linné St.

[fɔn lɪˈneː]

Linnaeus is the Latin form of his Swedish surname, used because he wrote his scientific work in Latin. He was born Carl Linné, and later ennobled to add the von.