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Good job, Britain! A major contribution to the nations of the world! (lemmy.world)

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

It gets worse- "foetus," "aeroplane."

They also think "er" is pronounced "re" like in the words "centre" and "theatre" and "s" is pronounced like "z" like in words like "apologise" and "realise."

Get it together guys. We know you came up with the language, but that's no excuse not to keep up.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

Speaking of aviation, I have no idea why Americans use such a boring term as "airport". I mean, the guys invented half of the aviation technology and then they just use the term "airport". Such a waste of potential.

The international standard term is "aerodrome". Say it like you mean it. It's a term with gravitas.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Foetus is a weird one, I've never heard that before. I keep trying to pronounce it in my head but the closest I get is sounding like fajitas.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It comes from the german Fötus

oe is ö

and english is a germanic language

[-] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Is that right? So it's not the same as the oe in phoenix? I know in old books they used to fuse the letters.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If it’s right I’d want a source, the oe spelling in British English is as far as I was aware a let’s latinize thing in Britain.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/oe https://www.etymonline.com/word/fetus

[-] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Would you like some chicken ~~fajitas~~ foetus

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Because Fetus would be pronounced with a hard e not a ee sound.

~~oe is a variant of the french œ pronounced ee~~

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

This is the first I'm hearing about these And they bug me

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