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minus-squarechainysawrs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·8 months 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-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months ago“Eye-on” would be pronounced the same as “ion,” a charged particle. It was more like “eye-in.”
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoNo, sorry, English pronunciation is just completely fucked all on its own.
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”
“Eye-on” would be pronounced the same as “ion,” a charged particle. It was more like “eye-in.”
No, sorry, English pronunciation is just completely fucked all on its own.
I wasn’t being serious.