given how many of my clients pronounce it "link-sees" this may actually be a useful resource
this is such a weird phenomenon. people were doing it when i was working my first job at 17, they were doing it when i got my third job two states away six years later, and apparently they still are. i have no idea what their template for this pronounciation is
I've always pronounced it "link-sis" like short for "Link System" which seems natural if you're used to computer system files having the ".SYS" file extension, for example. I imagine people who don't have that context see it more like other works with an "sy" end like tipsy and such but also treat it like a plural or possessive noun but if it was a possessive noun it would be "linksy's" and if it were plural it would probably be "linksies."
another way to spell out the difference:
"link-sis" vs "link-zees"
short "i" vs long "ee"
I don't want to use Linksys in any context.
linksys consumer routers (the old blue and grey ones) were actually fantastic, reliable workhorses
Oh, the routers made by Linksys
Are the ones preferred by sphinxes
For each LED that blinks is
Saying what your set of kinks is
Would Callie or Marie from Splatoon be an ink sis?