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[-] lustyargonian@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

English is indeed a funny language.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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 10 months ago

TIL!

[-] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

Lots of languages do upsilon, it comes from greek

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

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

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