You mean the s?
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ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Next you’ll be telling me I should pronounce the L in island as well!
FarFarAway@startrek.website 6 months ago
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I mean the L. Like in salmon.
FarFarAway@startrek.website 6 months ago
You pronounce the L in salmon?
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 6 months ago
What if I told you nothing is real
thefartographer@lemm.ee 6 months ago
i-sand… is-and… isund? iand? Ok, I give up, how are you supposed to pronounce it without the L?
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Now that is the real question.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
etymologically the word is made up of “i” and “land”, the “s” was added by some idiot in the 15th century. “i” is cognate with “ö” in swedish which simply means “island”, so just pull a power move and drop all the other letters completely.
Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
The i of Oahu? Pen i?
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 6 months ago
In Swedish it would be Penö, so I suggest Peni…s
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 6 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 6 months ago
Yep. It is indeed. Same with the K in knight, which was added for no fucking reason.
samus12345@lemmy.world 6 months ago
“Knight” used to be pronounced with the “K.” It was always there, it’s not pronouncing it that’s new.
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Oh yeah I confused it with some other word.