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.
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thefartographer@lemm.ee 1 year agoi-sand… is-and… isund? iand? Ok, I give up, how are you supposed to pronounce it without the L?
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
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
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Now that is the real question.