Next you’ll be telling me I should pronounce the L in island as well!
What the hell! Let's all just go crazy!
Submitted 11 months ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 11 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 11 months ago
Yep. It is indeed. Same with the K in knight, which was added for no fucking reason.
FarFarAway@startrek.website 11 months ago
You mean the s?
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I mean the L. Like in salmon.
thefartographer@lemm.ee 11 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 11 months ago
Now that is the real question.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 11 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.
Shieldtoad@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
From now on I’ll pronounce Worcester as whore Chester.
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Leave Chester alone, he’s just misunderstood!
NABDad@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah. Dude has to earn a living somehow.
lugal@lemmy.world 11 months ago
In a German quizz show, there was the question how to pronounce it and not everyone know
Skaryon@lemmy.world 11 months ago
WORSCHESTERSOSSE
woobie@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I already do this with the word “solder” which confuses my fellow Americans greatly. They seem to think I’m lying that the L is sounded out in other English speaking countries.
I just think the American pronunciation (SAW-dur) sounds wrong.
toynbee@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I don’t solder, so I’m no expert, but I’ve only ever heard it pronounced “sodder” (though agreed, leaving out the “l” sound is an odd choice).
matter@lemmy.world 11 months ago
In UK/Australia/NZ we pronounce it as written, with the l.
isthingoneventhis@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I am today years old learning that it was spelled with an L and not just a D.
ThatOneBatTurd@lemmy.one 11 months ago
What area of the country are you in? I’m on the West Coast and the normal pronunciation is with the L. Pronunciations often depend on region though
moonsnotreal@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
In New England I’ve only ever heard it without the L (like “sodder”).
IndefiniteBen@leminal.space 11 months ago
Out of all the different ways Americans pronounce words differently, hearing sodder is the only one that makes me cringe.
dingus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’m in the US and I’ve never heard anyone pronounce it “SAW-dur” in person or in any form of media. You are supposed to pronounce the L in the General American accent.
NucleusAdumbens@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I think this is a misunderstanding. The poster you’re replying to is talking about solder, not soldier (which you wrote, assuming that’s the word you meant). Solder, as in a soldering iron, is pronounced Saw-dur in the US. Ya dingus 😉
nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
Not really, it’s the same as caulk.
Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Couldn’t even wait longer than an hour to complain about downvotes.
Kase@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Not to be confused with
soljersoldier
sunbytes@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Oh sugar, I already do
Cruxifux@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Just try to pronounce laugh as it’s spelt. I dare you.
f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Salmon is a type of ghoti.
Kase@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It has facial hair??
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
i believe that’s a welsh insult
lugal@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Ich sehe was du tatest hier
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 11 months ago
okay I did it. It’s pointless to write out what I said. But you get it.
thefartographer@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Laowguh-hhhh
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
🪵-h
brown567@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Just as long as I can simultaneously drop the’l’ sound from salmonella
smackjack@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I always pronounce the H in Meghan and the TH in Thailand in my head.
Siethron@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Thighland is a very different place in my head.
Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Herb.
Phone.
Come at me Pronouncation nerds.
Kase@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Erb (with a long e)
HipHoboHarold@lemmy.world 11 months ago
While we are at it, the. The t doesn’t sound like a t. The h doesn’t sound like an h. The e doesn’t sound like an e.
None of the letters sound like how they should when looked at individually. I propose we change this. From now on, each letter gets pronounced as itself in the word the.
Kase@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Teehee 🤭
samus12345@lemmy.world 11 months ago
MECHAGIC@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You weren’t supposed to do that?
GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 11 months ago
salman rushdie
murpium@lemmy.world 11 months ago
lol yes! Someone who has actually watched Frisky Dingo!
SuckMyWang@lemmy.world 11 months ago
🔫 always has been 🔫
tygerprints@kbin.social 11 months ago
Oh fine, let's just start pronouncing "recognize" as though there were actually a "G" in it then!! I mean where does the madness stop!!
FarFarAway@startrek.website 11 months ago
Or the t in exactly.
Actually that sort of annoys me…
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
as a swede whose accent is a hodgepodge of everything between scottish to RP to some vague average of american plus of course swenglish, i have spoken into the void and it spake back.
aj räckågnaiz de sällmån
samus12345@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I always have. How else is it pronounced? “Reckonize?”
matter@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yes, people often/usually drop the g in quick/casual speech, but most regions I have heard do pronounce it when speaking slower or more formally.
Kase@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Idk, I say it like reckignize. Can’t be bothered to open my jaw to pronounce the O. But I’m from oklahoma so it’s not my fault :)
octoperson@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Can anyone say the s and the th in Isthmus? It’s making my tongue feel funny.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I always pronounce it that way.
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Midwestern gang out here saying the l in palm
SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 11 months ago
… Are you not supposed to?
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 11 months ago
According to my English teacher who grew up in California no.
Palm is apparently not supposed to rhyme with calm
samus12345@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Or the “T” in “often!”
Oh, wait, lots of people do that already.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Which totally ruins the joke in The Pirates of Penzance.
niktemadur@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Now that’s a Rubicon that I crossed ages ago.
reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 11 months ago
*They put sall-mon in the fish tacos, Hank. ¡SALL-MON!
callyral@pawb.social 11 months ago
what
is it not pronounced /sɔɫmən/ (sol-muhn)???
reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 11 months ago
SAM-in
Decoy321@lemmy.world 11 months ago
… You were supposed to the whole time …
WorkIsSlow@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Nothing ever mattered? D:
aelwero@lemmy.world 11 months ago
My wife and I have been on board for decades :)