Herb.
Phone.
Come at me Pronouncation nerds.
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smackjack@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I always pronounce the H in Meghan and the TH in Thailand in my head.
Herb.
Phone.
Come at me Pronouncation nerds.
Erb (with a long e)
While we are at it, the. The t doesn’t sound like a t. The h doesn’t sound like an h. The e doesn’t sound like an e.
None of the letters sound like how they should when looked at individually. I propose we change this. From now on, each letter gets pronounced as itself in the word the.
We used to have a letter for ‘th’ (thorn (Þ, þ)), but it was replaced by ‘th’. There are people trying to bring back, but I wonder if they just like typing þorn (thorn)
Huh. I actually didn’t know that. Learned something new today.
Teehee 🤭
Siethron@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Thighland is a very different place in my head.
SuckMyWang@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Probably closer to Brazil