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 2 years ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 years 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 2 years ago
Yep. It is indeed. Same with the K in knight, which was added for no fucking reason.
FarFarAway@startrek.website 2 years ago
You mean the s?
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I mean the L. Like in salmon.
thefartographer@lemm.ee 2 years ago
i-sand… is-and… isund? iand? Ok, I give up, how are you supposed to pronounce it without the L?
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Now that is the real question.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 years 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 2 years ago
From now on I’ll pronounce Worcester as whore Chester.
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
Leave Chester alone, he’s just misunderstood!
NABDad@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Yeah. Dude has to earn a living somehow.
lugal@lemmy.world 2 years ago
In a German quizz show, there was the question how to pronounce it and not everyone know
Skaryon@lemmy.world 2 years ago
WORSCHESTERSOSSE
woobie@lemmy.world 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago
In UK/Australia/NZ we pronounce it as written, with the l.
isthingoneventhis@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I am today years old learning that it was spelled with an L and not just a D.
ThatOneBatTurd@lemmy.one 2 years 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 2 years ago
In New England I’ve only ever heard it without the L (like “sodder”).
IndefiniteBen@leminal.space 2 years ago
Out of all the different ways Americans pronounce words differently, hearing sodder is the only one that makes me cringe.
dingus@lemmy.world 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago
Not really, it’s the same as caulk.
Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Couldn’t even wait longer than an hour to complain about downvotes.
Kase@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Not to be confused with
soljersoldier
sunbytes@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Oh sugar, I already do
Cruxifux@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Just try to pronounce laugh as it’s spelt. I dare you.
f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Salmon is a type of ghoti.
Kase@lemmy.world 2 years ago
It has facial hair??
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 years ago
i believe that’s a welsh insult
lugal@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Ich sehe was du tatest hier
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 2 years ago
okay I did it. It’s pointless to write out what I said. But you get it.
thefartographer@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Laowguh-hhhh
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 2 years ago
🪵-h
brown567@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
Just as long as I can simultaneously drop the’l’ sound from salmonella
smackjack@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I always pronounce the H in Meghan and the TH in Thailand in my head.
Siethron@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Thighland is a very different place in my head.
Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Herb.
Phone.
Come at me Pronouncation nerds.
Kase@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Erb (with a long e)
HipHoboHarold@lemmy.world 2 years 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 2 years ago
Teehee 🤭
samus12345@lemmy.world 2 years ago
MECHAGIC@lemmy.world 2 years ago
You weren’t supposed to do that?
GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 2 years ago
salman rushdie
murpium@lemmy.world 2 years ago
lol yes! Someone who has actually watched Frisky Dingo!
SuckMyWang@lemmy.world 2 years ago
🔫 always has been 🔫
tygerprints@kbin.social 2 years 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 2 years ago
Or the t in exactly.
Actually that sort of annoys me…
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 years 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 2 years ago
I always have. How else is it pronounced? “Reckonize?”
matter@lemmy.world 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago
Can anyone say the s and the th in Isthmus? It’s making my tongue feel funny.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I always pronounce it that way.
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Midwestern gang out here saying the l in palm
SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 2 years ago
… Are you not supposed to?
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 2 years ago
According to my English teacher who grew up in California no.
Palm is apparently not supposed to rhyme with calm
samus12345@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Or the “T” in “often!”
Oh, wait, lots of people do that already.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Which totally ruins the joke in The Pirates of Penzance.
niktemadur@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Now that’s a Rubicon that I crossed ages ago.
reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 2 years ago
*They put sall-mon in the fish tacos, Hank. ¡SALL-MON!
callyral@pawb.social 2 years ago
what
is it not pronounced /sɔɫmən/ (sol-muhn)???
reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 2 years ago
SAM-in
Decoy321@lemmy.world 2 years ago
… You were supposed to the whole time …
WorkIsSlow@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Nothing ever mattered? D:
aelwero@lemmy.world 2 years ago
My wife and I have been on board for decades :)