You mean the s?
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ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Next you’ll be telling me I should pronounce the L in island as well!
FarFarAway@startrek.website 1 year ago
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I mean the L. Like in salmon.
FarFarAway@startrek.website 1 year ago
You pronounce the L in salmon?
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What if I told you nothing is real
thefartographer@lemm.ee 1 year ago
i-sand… is-and… isund? iand? Ok, I give up, how are you supposed to pronounce it without the L?
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Now that is the real question.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year 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 1 year ago
The i of Oahu? Pen i?
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 1 year ago
In Swedish it would be Penö, so I suggest Peni…s
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year 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 1 year ago
Yep. It is indeed. Same with the K in knight, which was added for no fucking reason.
samus12345@lemmy.world 1 year ago
“Knight” used to be pronounced with the “K.” It was always there, it’s not pronouncing it that’s new.
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oh yeah I confused it with some other word.