wason@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoNever change Lemmylemmy.worldimagemessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1957arrow-down120file-text
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minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·edit-211 months agoIronic that pronouncing a single letter is more cumbersome than the full word.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-211 months ago“Every single other letter is one syllable, can we just pronounce this one ‘wuh’”? “No, it must have THREE!”
minus-squarelustyargonian@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 months agoEnglish is indeed a funny language.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-211 months agoGermans: “Ridiculous! We will pronounce it like ‘vay’”. “Well, that’s a lot…” “…AND ‘Y’ WILL BE ‘OOPSILON’”! ಠ_ಠ
minus-squareKSP Atlaslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoLots of languages do upsilon, it comes from greek
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoThey do, but it’s silly when the vast majority of letters are pronounced with one syllable.
minus-squarekase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months ago Every single other letter Noooo, you forgot “and z” has two /s
minus-squaremexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-211 months agoI call it zed or zee both have one syllable ri8?
Ironic that pronouncing a single letter is more cumbersome than the full word.
u v DOUBLE U x y z
“Every single other letter is one syllable, can we just pronounce this one ‘wuh’”?
“No, it must have THREE!”
English is indeed a funny language.
Germans: “Ridiculous! We will pronounce it like ‘vay’”.
“Well, that’s a lot…”
“…AND ‘Y’ WILL BE ‘OOPSILON’”!
ಠ_ಠ
TIL!
Lots of languages do upsilon, it comes from greek
They do, but it’s silly when the vast majority of letters are pronounced with one syllable.
Noooo, you forgot “and z” has two /s
I call it zed or zee both have one syllable ri8?