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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

English is indeed a funny language.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Germans: "Ridiculous! We will pronounce it like 'vay'".

"Well, that's a lot..."

"...AND 'Y' WILL BE 'OOPSILON'"!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

TIL!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Lots of languages do upsilon, it comes from greek

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

They do, but it's silly when the vast majority of letters are pronounced with one syllable.