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minus-squarechainysawrs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·1 day agoOh my god, this just struck me while reading your last line, but is Elon’s name really pronounced “Ellen” and he’s just tried to convince everyone it’s “E-lawn”? Like on Mythic Quest where Ian convinced everyone his name is pronounced “eye-on”
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoNo, sorry, English pronunciation is just completely fucked all on its own.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 hours ago“Eye-on” would be pronounced the same as “ion,” a charged particle. It was more like “eye-in.”
Oh my god, this just struck me while reading your last line, but is Elon’s name really pronounced “Ellen” and he’s just tried to convince everyone it’s “E-lawn”?
Like on Mythic Quest where Ian convinced everyone his name is pronounced “eye-on”
No, sorry, English pronunciation is just completely fucked all on its own.
I wasn’t being serious.
“Eye-on” would be pronounced the same as “ion,” a charged particle. It was more like “eye-in.”