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[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 30 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Ironic that pronouncing a single letter is more cumbersome than the full word.

[-] lustyargonian@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago

u v DOUBLE U x y z

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

"Every single other letter is one syllable, can we just pronounce this one 'wuh'"?

"No, it must have THREE!"

[-] lustyargonian@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

English is indeed a funny language.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Germans: "Ridiculous! We will pronounce it like 'vay'".

"Well, that's a lot..."

"...AND 'Y' WILL BE 'OOPSILON'"!

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[-] lustyargonian@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

TIL!

[-] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago

Lots of languages do upsilon, it comes from greek

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

They do, but it's silly when the vast majority of letters are pronounced with one syllable.

[-] Kase@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Every single other letter

Noooo, you forgot "and z" has two /s

[-] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I call it zed or zee both have one syllable ri8?

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