Flying SquidM to Lemmy [email protected] • 2 years agoWhat the hell! Let's all just go crazy!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square185fedilinkarrow-up11.05K
arrow-up11.05KimageWhat the hell! Let's all just go crazy!lemmy.worldFlying SquidM to Lemmy [email protected] • 2 years agomessage-square185fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilink12•2 years agoi-sand… is-and… isund? iand? Ok, I give up, how are you supposed to pronounce it without the L?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•2 years agoetymologically 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.
minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilink4•2 years agoSwede caveman sailor 1: What that? Swede caveman sailor 2: is land Swede caveman sailor 1: ö … You’re welcome, I’ve made all of us dumber…
i-sand… is-and… isund? iand? Ok, I give up, how are you supposed to pronounce it without the L?
Now that is the real question.
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.
The i of Oahu? Pen i?
In Swedish it would be Penö, so I suggest Peni…s
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…