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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Ironic that pronouncing a single letter is more cumbersome than the full word.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

u v DOUBLE U x y z

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

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

"No, it must have THREE!"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

English is indeed a funny language.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

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 9 months ago

TIL!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Lots of languages do upsilon, it comes from greek

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Every single other letter

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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