wason@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoNever change Lemmylemmy.worldimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1960arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up1940arrow-down1imageNever change Lemmylemmy.worldwason@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 9 months agomessage-square69fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-29 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-up7·9 months agoEnglish is indeed a funny language.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-29 months agoGermans: “Ridiculous! We will pronounce it like ‘vay’”. “Well, that’s a lot…” “…AND ‘Y’ WILL BE ‘OOPSILON’”! ಠ_ಠ
minus-squareKSP Atlas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoLots of languages do upsilon, it comes from greek
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoThey do, but it’s silly when the vast majority of letters are pronounced with one syllable.
minus-squarekase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months ago Every single other letter Noooo, you forgot “and z” has two /s
minus-squaremexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-29 months agoI call it zed or zee both have one syllable ri8?
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?