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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (5 children)

How are you guys pronouncing this?

Personally, I’ve found it sounds kind of nice when said like “Loon tea”.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It just looks like "Loo wan tee" to me.

Edit: Actually, just read the article, and considering the name Luanti is a mix between the Finnish word "creation" and the LUA programming language; and I'm preeetty sure LUA is pronounced "loo-wah" or "lew-ah", I think the Luanti pronunciation is more likely to be "loo-wun-tee".

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's finnish, so like it's written. Foreign concept for english speakers, I know.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It is quite literally a foreign concept to anyone who only speaks English. That's how foreign languages work.

How is the word pronounced though?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

I'm a finn, so the only advice I can give is that it's pronounced like luanti in finnish.

Not very useful, I know, sorry. Nau ai häv tu kou präktis mai rälli inglish.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

That's pretty much how it sounded in my lingual mind.

Except Loo (Lew) instead of Luh Lu-Auntie.

To go with your Lu-Vati & Lu-Mudder

A luna familia

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Lmao loo nah tee, like illuminati :D