The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoMy hot take on the official pronunciation of GNOMEmedia.piefed.worldimagemessage-square295fedilinkarrow-up1896arrow-down111
arrow-up1885arrow-down1imageMy hot take on the official pronunciation of GNOMEmedia.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square295fedilink
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoFunny you mention Germanic languages, given how deterministic German itself is on pronunciation of letters.
minus-squareGreddan@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoThe German language is ironically one of the weirder Germanic languages. When I say North Germanic languages I mostly mean what is now known as Scandinavian languages (and sometimes Dutch depending on who you ask).
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoGotcha. I wish more languages were like German in their adherence to letter-phoneme pairing.
Funny you mention Germanic languages, given how deterministic German itself is on pronunciation of letters.
The German language is ironically one of the weirder Germanic languages. When I say North Germanic languages I mostly mean what is now known as Scandinavian languages (and sometimes Dutch depending on who you ask).
Gotcha. I wish more languages were like German in their adherence to letter-phoneme pairing.