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.
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thefartographer@lemm.ee 11 months agoi-sand… is-and… isund? iand? Ok, I give up, how are you supposed to pronounce it without the L?
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
thefartographer@lemm.ee 11 months ago
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…
Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
The i of Oahu? Pen i?
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 11 months ago
In Swedish it would be Penö, so I suggest Peni…s
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Now that is the real question.