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[–] Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world 103 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Consider the following

Saxophone - Persephone

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] entropicdrift 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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)

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[–] nomecks@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] BodePlotHole@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Canoes - Volcanoes

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[–] MaxVoltage@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

MalEcoLes ParTecUles

[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 85 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This reminded me I play an online game with a guy who signs in as Testicles, the Greek philosopher.

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

Ah yes, I for one live by the Testiclecratic Oath.

[–] skulblaka@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 7 points 2 years ago

Bophades

I'm familiar with the legend, yes.

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 82 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

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 48 points 2 years ago

What you wrote looks right to me.

[–] DroneRights@lemm.ee 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Mol-eh-cue-lees

Par-tik-lees

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[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Moe-leh-cleese, to make it more like Hercules = Heracles in Greek.

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[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Just like tentacles and obstacles!

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 23 points 2 years ago (6 children)

The mighty Testacles, completely immune to any type of scrotal discomfort (like a true manwhore).

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[–] Taniwha420@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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 8 points 1 year ago

Helico-pter

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[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Brain has been patched. I can't undo this now.

[–] Pogbom@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lemme ruin 'testicles' for ya too.

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[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 22 points 2 years ago

Poseidon's naughty child, Barnacles.

I find this hilarious

Where do I sign?

[–] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I petition that henceforth all words be pronounced in the spirit of Greek heroes

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] DarkDarkHouse 5 points 1 year ago

All hail the great Johncles

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] KreekyBonez@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

when he's underwater does he get wet? or does the water get him, instead?

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Nobody knows

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[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)
[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 years ago

Struck down by the gods.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 11 points 2 years ago

It's a ghost!

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[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What does "let's meet those headlines" mean?

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[–] Buxton800@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Also Thermo-meter rather than ther-mom-eter would be good

[–] variants@possumpat.io 6 points 1 year ago

Bi-cycle instead of bi-sickle or motor-sickle instead of motor-cycle

[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

One instance where the german pronounciation actually makes sense

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Reminds me of the fact that Helicopter is a compound noun of helico (spiral) and pter (wing).

[–] Nfamwap@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So you're saying it's pronounced helicopter, and not helicopter?

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 2 years ago

I will never not pronounce them that way now that I have seen this.

[–] CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Incontinentia Buttocks

[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Romanian intensificare

[–] jasondj@ttrpg.network 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This really should be on change.org.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yup, just as any other useless petition that does nothing lol

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