Flying SquidM to Lemmy Shitpost • 10 months agoWhat the hell! Let's all just go crazy!imagemessage-square195arrow-up11.07Karrow-down111
arrow-up11.06Karrow-down1imageWhat the hell! Let's all just go crazy!Flying SquidM to Lemmy Shitpost • 10 months agomessage-square195
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink12•10 months agoi-sand… is-and… isund? iand? Ok, I give up, how are you supposed to pronounce it without the L?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•10 months agoetymologically 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•10 months agoSwede caveman sailor 1: What that? Swede caveman sailor 2: is land Swede caveman sailor 1: ö … You’re welcome, I’ve made all of us dumber…
i-sand… is-and… isund? iand? Ok, I give up, how are you supposed to pronounce it without the L?
Now that is the real question.
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.
Swede caveman sailor 1: What that?
Swede caveman sailor 2: is land
Swede caveman sailor 1: ö
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You’re welcome, I’ve made all of us dumber…
The i of Oahu? Pen i?
In Swedish it would be Penö, so I suggest Peni…s