wason@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoNever change Lemmylemmy.worldimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1970arrow-down120file-text
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minus-squarelustyargonian@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up20·2 years agoI internally say massive win but I do hear youtubers call it massive double u
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·edit-22 years agoIronic that pronouncing a single letter is more cumbersome than the full word.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-22 years ago“Every single other letter is one syllable, can we just pronounce this one ‘wuh’”? “No, it must have THREE!”
minus-squarelustyargonian@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoEnglish is indeed a funny language.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-22 years 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-up2·2 years agoLots of languages do upsilon, it comes from greek
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThey do, but it’s silly when the vast majority of letters are pronounced with one syllable.
minus-squarekase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years ago Every single other letter Noooo, you forgot “and z” has two /s
minus-squaremexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 years agoI call it zed or zee both have one syllable ri8?
I internally say massive win but I do hear youtubers call it massive double u
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?