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Good job, Britain! A major contribution to the nations of the world! (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (4 children)

It gets worse- "foetus," "aeroplane."

They also think "er" is pronounced "re" like in the words "centre" and "theatre" and "s" is pronounced like "z" like in words like "apologise" and "realise."

Get it together guys. We know you came up with the language, but that's no excuse not to keep up.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Speaking of aviation, I have no idea why Americans use such a boring term as "airport". I mean, the guys invented half of the aviation technology and then they just use the term "airport". Such a waste of potential.

The international standard term is "aerodrome". Say it like you mean it. It's a term with gravitas.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Foetus is a weird one, I've never heard that before. I keep trying to pronounce it in my head but the closest I get is sounding like fajitas.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Would you like some chicken ~~fajitas~~ foetus

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It comes from the german Fötus

oe is ö

and english is a germanic language

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Is that right? So it's not the same as the oe in phoenix? I know in old books they used to fuse the letters.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If it’s right I’d want a source, the oe spelling in British English is as far as I was aware a let’s latinize thing in Britain.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/oe https://www.etymonline.com/word/fetus

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Because Fetus would be pronounced with a hard e not a ee sound.

~~oe is a variant of the french œ pronounced ee~~

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Ok, I’m confused by the aeroplane reference. It’s not pronounced as per the American “airplane”.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

This is the first I'm hearing about these And they bug me