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Let's meet those headlines (mander.xyz)

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[–] Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug 101 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Consider the following

Saxophone - Persephone

[–] samus12345 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sax-oh-fo-nay

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Huh, the way I say Persephone (per-seh-fuh-knee), Saxophone would be pronounced sax-aw-fuh-knee or maybe sax-oh-phony (the way I say saxophone normally in my accent is sacks-uh-phone)

[–] samus12345 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, "ay" at the end is closer to the original Greek than the "ee" way we say it in English.

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[–] nomecks 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Michael Bublé - Google

[–] BodePlotHole 10 points 10 months ago

Canoes - Volcanoes

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[–] MaxVoltage 5 points 10 months ago

MalEcoLes ParTecUles

[–] someguy3 83 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Can someone help me out and tell me how they would be pronounced?

I think I got par-teh-cleese.

Moe-leck-you-leese?

[–] jettrscga 49 points 10 months ago

What you wrote looks right to me.

[–] samus12345 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Moe-leh-cleese, to make it more like Hercules = Heracles in Greek.

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 10 months ago (3 children)

This reminded me I play an online game with a guy who signs in as Testicles, the Greek philosopher.

[–] agent_flounder 17 points 10 months ago

Ah yes, I for one live by the Testiclecratic Oath.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My partner recently bought me a stuffed cat that has giant balls. It's hilarious, long story. Anyway I've named him Bophades.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Bophades

I'm familiar with the legend, yes.

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[–] Taniwha420 36 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I would also like entomologists to pronounce the insect orders properly. That 'p'? It belongs to the '-ter'. It's 'pter', for wing. As in 'coleo-ptera', the 'shield wing', not 'col-e-OP-tera'. Or 'neuro-ptera', the 'lace-wing', not 'neur-OP-tera'.

We actually put the accent on a syllable THAT DOESN'T FUCKING EXIST in the Greek.

Fucking nonsense.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Helico-pter

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Just like tentacles and obstacles!

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And testicles!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (3 children)

The mighty Testacles, completely immune to any type of scrotal discomfort (like a true manwhore).

[–] Jerb322 7 points 10 months ago

Archenemy, Patella the mighty.

[–] samus12345 6 points 10 months ago

https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Testikles

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Socratal*

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[–] blazeknave 28 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Brain has been patched. I can't undo this now.

[–] Pogbom 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Lemme ruin 'testicles' for ya too.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago

Poseidon's naughty child, Barnacles.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Particle man particle man

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

when he's underwater does he get wet? or does the water get him, instead?

[–] RagingRobot 5 points 10 months ago

Nobody knows

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I petition that henceforth all words be pronounced in the spirit of Greek heroes

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"My testicles itch."

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

All hail the great Johncles

[–] HonoraryMancunian 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

[–] HonoraryMancunian 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

I can't see my own post!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago

Struck down by the gods.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

It's a ghost!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Me neither

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

I find this hilarious

Where do I sign?

[–] Buxton800 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Also Thermo-meter rather than ther-mom-eter would be good

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Bi-cycle instead of bi-sickle or motor-sickle instead of motor-cycle

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

One instance where the german pronounciation actually makes sense

[–] CitizenKong 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Reminds me of the fact that Helicopter is a compound noun of helico (spiral) and pter (wing).

[–] Nfamwap 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So you're saying it's pronounced helicopter, and not helicopter?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What does "let's meet those headlines" mean?

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[–] CurlyMoustache 7 points 10 months ago

Incontinentia Buttocks

[–] veganpizza69 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Romanian intensificare

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This really should be on change.org.

[–] Maalus 5 points 10 months ago

Yup, just as any other useless petition that does nothing lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

I will never not pronounce them that way now that I have seen this.

[–] iAvicenna 4 points 10 months ago

Got my vote

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