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Sourav Satvaya to memes@lemmy.world • 9 months ago

Shapeshifter “E”

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Shapeshifter “E”

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Sourav Satvaya to memes@lemmy.world • 9 months ago
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  • @Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    17•9 months ago

    But only in English. In the original German, all three e’s are actually the same.

    • @Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de
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      Häh wie sprichst du das denn aus? Offensichtlich überhaupt nicht /mɛʁˈt͡seːdəs/ wie alle anderen? In Spanisch sind sie gleich, in Deutsch alle unterschiedlich, genau wie in Englisch.

      • @Treczoks@lemmy.world
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        1•9 months ago

        Wenn du den spanischen Frauennamen meinst, dann sind das verschiedene Vokale, aber der Name der Automarke ist so voll eingedeutscht, der einzige Unterschied ist vielleicht noch, dass das mittlere e ein bisschen länger ist.

        • @Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de
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          2•9 months ago

          Nein, andersrum wird ein Schuh draus.

          Wenn du den Spanischen Frauennamen normal Spanisch aussprichst sind das drei ungerundete halbgeschlossene Vorderzungenvokale.

          Wenn du die Deutsche Automarke normal Deutsch aussprichst ist es erst ein ungerundeter halboffener Vorderzungenvokal, dann ein ungerundeter halbgeschlossener Vorderzungenvokal und am Ende ein Schwa.

          • @Treczoks@lemmy.world
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            1•9 months ago

            Wenn du die Deutsche Automarke normal Deutsch aussprichst ist es erst ein ungerundeter halboffener Vorderzungenvokal, dann ein ungerundeter halbgeschlossener Vorderzungenvokal und am Ende ein Schwa.

            Wenn Du meinst. Für mich macht das keinen Unterschied.

    • @elucubra@sopuli.xyz
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      2•9 months ago

      The original is Spanish, and the Es are pronounced the same

    • @TypFaffke@feddit.org
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      6•9 months ago

      Diese Kommentarsektion ist nun Eigentum der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

  • @Wilzax@lemmy.world
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    22•9 months ago

    Not if you pronounce it the way Germans do

    • lurch (he/him)
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      5•9 months ago

      Joey from Friends reminding it's spelled Porscha

  • rivvvver
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    9•9 months ago

    mercedeez nuts lmao gottem

  • @gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world
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    1•9 months ago

    I read the title and immediately thought Estrogen. Explains where my head is at these days.

  • Ephera
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    16•9 months ago

    What the hell, it’s originally Spanish where all the Es sound the same, then it got popularized by a German brand, where all the Es sound the same, how did it become Merceydees in English?

  • @yamanii@lemmy.world
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    1•9 months ago

    So I’ve been saying it wrong all this time? Because the first and second sounded the same to me.

    • @klemptor@startrek.website
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      3•9 months ago

      Murr SAY deez

      • @ColdWater@lemmy.ca
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        1•9 months ago

        nu-

  • @3ntranced@lemmy.world
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    10•9 months ago

    If you add Benz you get a 4th E sound

  • @bazingabot@lemmy.world
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    47•9 months ago

    not true in German, there all Es sound exactly the same

    • @Wilzax@lemmy.world
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      12•9 months ago

      The first E in Mercedes sounds slightly different from the other two in German, mostly because the rhotic sound [r] modifies the tongue placement for the preceding E, forcing you to say it as either an open-mid front unrounded vowel [ɛ], or a mid near-front unrounded [ɛ̽]. The [r] prevents the vowel from being a Close-mid front unrounded vowel [e] like the 2nd and 3rd occurrences of E.

      Or more simply, the first e sounds more like “bed” while the second and third sound more like “may”, assuming you’re reading this with a standard American dialect.

    • @299792458ms@lemmy.zip
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      19•9 months ago

      Same in Spanish

      • Štěpán
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        7•9 months ago

        Same in Czech

        • RVGamer06
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          7•9 months ago

          Same in Italian

          • make -j8
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            5•9 months ago

            Same in Russian

            • @srestegosaurio@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              6•9 months ago

              At this point this thread is just making fun of English having no phonetical uniformity at all.

    • Manucode
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      30•9 months ago

      When I, as a German speaker, pronounce Mercedes, every e is slightly different.

    • @rainynight65@feddit.org
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      1•9 months ago

      Not quite. The middle e is longer than the other two.

  • @bazingabot@lemmy.world
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    3•9 months ago

    https://de.howtopronounce.com/german/mercedes-benz

  • @EndOfLine@lemmy.world
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    103•9 months ago

    Wait until he notices the C’s in “Pacific Ocean”.

    • @MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net
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      61•9 months ago

      I never did understand how an ocean can contain multiple seas.

      • @aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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        22•9 months ago

        Did you recently become a father? Because that was one of the better dad jokes.

        • @MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net
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          13•9 months ago

          I earned my dad joke card in 1985 when I came around the corner carrying a joke book and like 7 kids groaned.

          is old

      • @Empricorn@feddit.nl
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        3•9 months ago

        That’s why I prefer the Dead Sea.

        • @Lennny@lemmy.world
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          2•9 months ago

          Oh, U

      • @Dasus@lemmy.world
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        3•9 months ago

        In terms of geography, seas are smaller than oceans and are usually located where the land and ocean meet. Typically, seas are partially enclosed by land. Seas are found on the margins of the ocean and are partially enclosed by land.

    • NickwithaC
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      6•9 months ago

      Give me more of these!

  • IninewCrow
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    1•9 months ago

    subtle

  • @OpenStars@discuss.online
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    1•9 months ago

    Hot people problems

  • @Fosheze@lemmy.world
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    1•9 months ago

    Y’all ever notice that the way your mouth moves when you say Mercedes makes you smile.

  • @Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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    2•9 months ago

    this confused me, I speak too many languages

  • @StopJoiningWars@discuss.online
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    17•9 months ago

    Not in French they aren’t.

    • @Maalus@lemmy.world
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      4•9 months ago

      Same in Poland.

    • JC1
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      1•9 months ago

      In French they can be. In France, no because they don’t have a large repertoire of sounds. But in Quebec, all 3 E sounds different.

    • @Valmond@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Oiseaux.

      Edit: the joke is that no vowel in oiseaux is pronounced the right way.

      • @StopJoiningWars@discuss.online
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        5•9 months ago

        Mec je parle de Mercedes. 🙄

        • @inlandempire@jlai.lu
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          1•9 months ago

          Mère C’est D’aisse ?

          • @StopJoiningWars@discuss.online
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            2•9 months ago

            Le meme parle de la prononciation des “e” dans le mot Mercedes, pas des consonnes.

            • @inlandempire@jlai.lu
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              1•9 months ago

              Perso je prononce chaque e différemment ?

              • @StopJoiningWars@discuss.online
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                1•9 months ago

                C’est pas une énorme différence pour être honnête.

                • @inlandempire@jlai.lu
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                  1•9 months ago

                  Pour moi oui, mère c’est d’aisse, pas meurceudeusse haha

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