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 2 years agoi-sand… is-and… isund? iand? Ok, I give up, how are you supposed to pronounce it without the L?
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 years ago
Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 years ago
The i of Oahu? Pen i?
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 2 years ago
In Swedish it would be Penö, so I suggest Peni…s
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Now that is the real question.