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[-] Decoy321@lemmy.world 64 points 11 months ago

.... You were supposed to the whole time ....

[-] WorkIsSlow@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago
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[-] aelwero@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

My wife and I have been on board for decades :)

[-] BulbasaurBabu 45 points 11 months ago

I... I already did pronounce the L 😔

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[-] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 37 points 11 months ago

Next you'll be telling me I should pronounce the L in island as well!

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 34 points 11 months ago

fun fact: the S in island is completely fucking made up, the original spelling was "iland" with "i" being cognate with "ö" in swedish. It basically means island land and the only reason why there's an S in there is because some shithead thought it was related to the french word "isle" and felt that INCORRECT idea warranted changing the spelling.

[-] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yep. It is indeed. ~~Same with the K in knight, which was added for no fucking reason.~~ Sweden also has an island called Öland which means island land.

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

"Knight" used to be pronounced with the "K." It was always there, it's not pronouncing it that's new.

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[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 12 points 11 months ago

i-sand... is-and... isund? iand? Ok, I give up, how are you supposed to pronounce it without the L?

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[-] FarFarAway@startrek.website 11 points 11 months ago
[-] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

I mean the L. Like in salmon.

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[-] woobie@lemmy.world 34 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I already do this with the word "solder" which confuses my fellow Americans greatly. They seem to think I'm lying that the L is sounded out in some other English speaking countries.

I just think the American pronunciation (SAW-dur) sounds wrong.

[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

I don't solder, so I'm no expert, but I've only ever heard it pronounced "sodder" (though agreed, leaving out the "l" sound is an odd choice).

[-] matter@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago

In UK/Australia/NZ we pronounce it as written, with the l.

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[-] IndefiniteBen@leminal.space 12 points 11 months ago

Out of all the different ways Americans pronounce words differently, hearing sodder is the only one that makes me cringe.

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[-] ThatOneBatTurd@lemmy.one 9 points 11 months ago

What area of the country are you in? I'm on the West Coast and the normal pronunciation is with the L. Pronunciations often depend on region though

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[-] Shieldtoad@sh.itjust.works 29 points 11 months ago

From now on I'll pronounce Worcester as whore Chester.

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[-] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 24 points 11 months ago

You're not supposed to? Not a native English speaker.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago

No, the L is silent. Thank the French for that.

[-] Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Geuss I ain't ever gonna pronounce this damn language correctly . You can't blame this on French tho because in that language it's saumon pronounced somon. They didn't drop a consonant in the middle of the word.

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[-] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

No, but you do pronounce it in salmonella. English is not a language governed by logic.

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[-] fushuan@lemm.ee 23 points 11 months ago

I speak Spanish and it's wild to have no many randomly decided silent letters in words. We have the H that is silent always, and that's it. We have Salmón, with the intonation in the o, and we of course pronounce the L. I can't even say salmon without the L while not sounding stupid.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You should see Fr*nch.

They only pronounce the vowels and once in a blue moon a consonant.

[-] wieson@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

But it's systematic. In English, it's systemless, complete wild west out there smh

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[-] MECHAGIC@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago

You weren't supposed to do that?

[-] Cruxifux@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

Just try to pronounce laugh as it’s spelt. I dare you.

[-] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago

Salmon is a type of ghoti.

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[-] sunbytes@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

Oh sugar, I already do

[-] dewritoninja@pawb.social 15 points 11 months ago

Salmon in English sounds like semen in Spanish

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

Are the flavors similar too?

[-] dewritoninja@pawb.social 15 points 11 months ago

I don't know but id happily consume several kilograms of both

[-] CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

Got a question for you. What's heavier: a kilogramme of salmon or a kilogramme of semen?

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[-] obinice@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

You know what? You're absolutely right! We have no future, if climate change doesn't get us in the next 50 years, or the endless crushing of the working classes under late stage capitalism, then the rising new wave of western fascism will when it takes over.

Nothing matters any more, let's just do whatever we want <3

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 9 points 11 months ago

Orgy, anyone?

I'll bring the wine.

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[-] brown567@sh.itjust.works 11 points 11 months ago

Just as long as I can simultaneously drop the'l' sound from salmonella

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

Partly wish I had Twitter in order to commend them on their choice of Frisky Dingo profile pic, but I'd rather pull the pubes off my scrotum one-by-one with tweezers than visit Twitter so it's not going to happen.

Anybody want to DM OP for me? Or get their pubes removed?

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[-] callyral@pawb.social 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

what

is it not pronounced /sɔɫ.mən/ (sol-muhn)???

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago
[-] smackjack@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

I always pronounce the H in Meghan and the TH in Thailand in my head.

[-] Siethron@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

Thighland is a very different place in my head.

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[-] octoperson@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago

Can anyone say the s and the th in Isthmus? It's making my tongue feel funny.

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

*They put sall-mon in the fish tacos, Hank. ¡SALL-MON!

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[-] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago
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