c/jerboa · by KaKi87@sh.itjust.works · 3yHow to pronounce 'Jerboa' ? 32 points · 16 comments · view on lemmy.world
16 Comments
IdiosyncraticIdiot@sh.itjust.works · 30 pts · 3y
Using international phonetic alphabet:
dʒbəʊʌUsing English:
J - as in Jump
er - as is teachER
b - as in Boat
o - as in shOW
a - as in Up
frankivo@feddit.nl · 5 pts · 3y
_s10e@feddit.de · 4 pts · 3y
Wikipedia has it as: /dʒɜː(ɹ)ˈbəʊ.ə/
Yours is missung the vowel after the j.
Herbstzeitlose@feddit.de · 19 pts · 3y
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jerboa
KaKi87@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 3y
I didn't know it was an animal, thanks !
SheeEttin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
it's also a meme: https://roing.us/
jsveiga@vlemmy.net · 15 pts · 3y
J, like in GIF...
bonfire921@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 3y
Ah, Gerboa. Got it
hellothere@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 3y
Jer as in Her, and Jerk
Boa as in the snake, and fancy feather number
karlthemailman@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 3y
I pronounce it like this:
https://youtu.be/BhecZbJscpY
Arcaneslime@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 3y
A cross between gerbil and boa constrictor.
No I don't mean "food." Jerboa.
BlastboomStrice@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 3y
I was ~reading it Jebroa all that time.. Oops
riptwo@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 3y
Hopefully just like the name of the character in The Howling 3: The Marsupials, or I’ve been getting it wrong this whole time.
JCreazy@midwest.social · -4 pts · 3y
The correct way