Comment on Riding the bus to the underworld
CocaineShrimp@sh.itjust.works 3 days 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.
So bus is really pronounced beece. Thank you.
One bus, multiple beece?
Nah, it’s just not a great pun.
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 3 days ago
Now I wonder if I pronounce bus or Anubis incorrectly.
Morlark@feddit.uk 2 days ago
No, it’s not you, the joke just doesn’t work.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 days 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.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 days ago
So bus is really pronounced beece. Thank you.
exu@feditown.com 2 days ago
One bus, multiple beece?
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Nah, it’s just not a great pun.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
plus a lot of Egyptian pronunciation was made up in the 1930s, and nowadays we know differently but the original names stuck