Huh, the way I say Persephone (per-seh-fuh-knee), Saxophone would be pronounced sax-aw-fuh-knee or maybe sax-oh-phony (the way I say saxophone normally in my accent is sacks-uh-phone)
I would also like entomologists to pronounce the insect orders properly. That 'p'? It belongs to the '-ter'. It's 'pter', for wing. As in 'coleo-ptera', the 'shield wing', not 'col-e-OP-tera'. Or 'neuro-ptera', the 'lace-wing', not 'neur-OP-tera'.
We actually put the accent on a syllable THAT DOESN'T FUCKING EXIST in the Greek.
It took this post and recent bio classes to realize that this line refers to the hydrophilic nature of water molecules, so the reason it is a question if he gets wet underwater, is because a water molecule can't get wet, as it's water, and even if he isn't a water molecule, they're attracted to all particles including other water molecules, so the water would definitely get him.
For the Greek pronunciation, if I remember what I was told, the long "E" at the end should actually be short; the "R" is mixed with an "L" sound; and the "H" is silent.
68 Comments
Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world · 101 pts · 2y
Consider the following
Saxophone - Persephone
samus12345@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 2y
Sax-oh-fo-nay
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org · 13 pts · 2y
Huh, the way I say Persephone (per-seh-fuh-knee), Saxophone would be pronounced sax-aw-fuh-knee or maybe sax-oh-phony (the way I say saxophone normally in my accent is sacks-uh-phone)
samus12345@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Yeah, "ay" at the end is closer to the original Greek than the "ee" way we say it in English.
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2y
TIL, thanks!
nomecks@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
Michael Bublé - Google
BodePlotHole@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Canoes - Volcanoes
Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
This one is cursed
MaxVoltage@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
MalEcoLes ParTecUles
someguy3@lemmy.world · 83 pts · 2y
Can someone help me out and tell me how they would be pronounced?
I think I got par-teh-cleese.
Moe-leck-you-leese?
jettrscga@lemmy.world · 49 pts · 2y
What you wrote looks right to me.
samus12345@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Moe-leh-cleese, to make it more like Hercules = Heracles in Greek.
clothes@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
perishthethought@lemm.ee · 73 pts · 2y
This reminded me I play an online game with a guy who signs in as Testicles, the Greek philosopher.
agent_flounder@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
Ah yes, I for one live by the Testiclecratic Oath.
skulblaka@kbin.social · 10 pts · 2y
My partner recently bought me a stuffed cat that has giant balls. It's hilarious, long story. Anyway I've named him Bophades.
perishthethought@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y
I'm familiar with the legend, yes.
Malfeasant@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
Testicles and the sack of rome
Taniwha420@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 2y
I would also like entomologists to pronounce the insect orders properly. That 'p'? It belongs to the '-ter'. It's 'pter', for wing. As in 'coleo-ptera', the 'shield wing', not 'col-e-OP-tera'. Or 'neuro-ptera', the 'lace-wing', not 'neur-OP-tera'.
We actually put the accent on a syllable THAT DOESN'T FUCKING EXIST in the Greek.
Fucking nonsense.
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org · 8 pts · 2y
Helico-pter
fossilesque@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 2y
vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 35 pts · 2y
Just like tentacles and obstacles!
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social · 26 pts · 2y
And testicles!
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 20 pts · 2y
The mighty Testacles, completely immune to any type of scrotal discomfort (like a true manwhore).
Jerb322@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Archenemy, Patella the mighty.
samus12345@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Testikles
dutchkimble@lemy.lol · 4 pts · 2y
Socratal*
zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y
I can no longer read tentacles without thinking "Don't buy a boat."
blazeknave@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 2y
Brain has been patched. I can't undo this now.
Pogbom@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Lemme ruin 'testicles' for ya too.
blazeknave@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
One man's ruin is another man's treasure
tacosanonymous@lemm.ee · 19 pts · 2y
Poseidon's naughty child, Barnacles.
Kowowow@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 2y
Particle man particle man
KreekyBonez@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 2y
when he's underwater does he get wet? or does the water get him, instead?
RagingRobot@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Nobody knows
jandar_fett@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
It took this post and recent bio classes to realize that this line refers to the hydrophilic nature of water molecules, so the reason it is a question if he gets wet underwater, is because a water molecule can't get wet, as it's water, and even if he isn't a water molecule, they're attracted to all particles including other water molecules, so the water would definitely get him.
Sabre363@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 2y
I petition that henceforth all words be pronounced in the spirit of Greek heroes
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 16 pts · 2y
"My testicles itch."
Threeme2189@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
All hail the mighty Testicules!
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 2y
All hail the great Johncles
HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y
I can't see my own post!
LillyPip@lemmy.ca · 21 pts · 2y
Struck down by the gods.
fossilesque@mander.xyz · 11 pts · 2y
PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 2y
Me neither
Sabre363@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
I can see it just fine, it says . . .
PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.de · 11 pts · 2y
I find this hilarious
Where do I sign?
Buxton800@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Also Thermo-meter rather than ther-mom-eter would be good
miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 2y
One instance where the german pronounciation actually makes sense
variants@possumpat.io · 6 pts · 2y
Bi-cycle instead of bi-sickle or motor-sickle instead of motor-cycle
CitizenKong@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Reminds me of the fact that Helicopter is a compound noun of helico (spiral) and pter (wing).
Nfamwap@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
So you're saying it's pronounced helicopter, and not helicopter?
Dicska@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
And it's also spelled accordingly!
TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
I love me some Buffalo chicken pters.
dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 2y
What does "let's meet those headlines" mean?
fossilesque@mander.xyz · 0 pts · 2y
CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Incontinentia Buttocks
veganpizza69@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Romanian intensificare
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 6 pts · 2y
I will never not pronounce them that way now that I have seen this.
jasondj@ttrpg.network · 6 pts · 2y
This really should be on change.org.
Maalus@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Yup, just as any other useless petition that does nothing lol
iAvicenna@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Got my vote
randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y
Uripades? Umendades?
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch · 1 pts · 2y
How are they pronounced?
Ostrichgrif@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Molec-ulēs and partic-ulēs
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch · 1 pts · 2y
Nah, the heroes.
Knusper@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y
They were trying to show the hero-like pronunciation applied. Think of e.g. Hercules.
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch · 1 pts · 2y
It's "Herkules" in german, like you write it, so i don't know.
This petition has missing rules.
Knusper@feddit.de · 3 pts · 2y
The English pronunciation of Hercules is effectively the same as the German pronuncation.
Important for the joke is that the normal pronunciation for molecules differs, even though it also ends on -cules...
EtherWhack@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
The English pronunciation would be "her-Q-leez"
For the Greek pronunciation, if I remember what I was told, the long "E" at the end should actually be short; the "R" is mixed with an "L" sound; and the "H" is silent.
Pronounced something like "eee-lrak-aice"
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch · 1 pts · 2y
Thanks!
HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
Molleck-Yoo-Lees and Parr-Tick-Lees
fossilesque@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 2y