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[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

u v DOUBLE U x y z

[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"Every single other letter is one syllable, can we just pronounce this one 'wuh'"?

"No, it must have THREE!"

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

English is indeed a funny language.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Germans: "Ridiculous! We will pronounce it like 'vay'".

"Well, that's a lot..."

"...AND 'Y' WILL BE 'OOPSILON'"!

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

TIL!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Lots of languages do upsilon, it comes from greek

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

They do, but it's silly when the vast majority of letters are pronounced with one syllable.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Every single other letter

Noooo, you forgot "and z" has two /s

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

I call it zed or zee both have one syllable ri8?

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