Comment on Riding the bus to the underworld
CocaineShrimp@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
For those who don’t know:
Anubis (A New Bus)
Now I wonder if I pronounce bus or Anubis incorrectly.
No, it’s not you, the joke just doesn’t work.
“Anubis” is the Greek version of his name, so it’s probably pronounced something like AH-noo-beece, with the emphasis on the first syllable.
plus a lot of Egyptian pronunciation was made up in the 1930s, and nowadays we know differently but the original names stuck
So bus is really pronounced beece. Thank you.
One bus, multiple beece?
Nah, it’s just not a great pun.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 8 months ago
Now I wonder if I pronounce bus or Anubis incorrectly.
Morlark@feddit.uk 8 months ago
No, it’s not you, the joke just doesn’t work.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
“Anubis” is the Greek version of his name, so it’s probably pronounced something like AH-noo-beece, with the emphasis on the first syllable.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
plus a lot of Egyptian pronunciation was made up in the 1930s, and nowadays we know differently but the original names stuck
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 8 months ago
So bus is really pronounced beece. Thank you.
exu@feditown.com 8 months ago
One bus, multiple beece?
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Nah, it’s just not a great pun.