Flying SquidM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 7 months agoWhat the hell! Let's all just go crazy!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square195fedilinkarrow-up11.07K
arrow-up11.07KimageWhat the hell! Let's all just go crazy!lemmy.worldFlying SquidM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 7 months agomessage-square195fedilink
minus-square@thefartographer@lemm.eelinkfedilink12•7 months agoi-sand… is-and… isund? iand? Ok, I give up, how are you supposed to pronounce it without the L?
minus-square@Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink6•7 months agoetymologically the word is made up of “i” and “land”, the “s” was added by some idiot in the 15th century. “i” is cognate with “ö” in swedish which simply means “island”, so just pull a power move and drop all the other letters completely.
minus-square@thefartographer@lemm.eelinkfedilink4•7 months agoSwede caveman sailor 1: What that? Swede caveman sailor 2: is land Swede caveman sailor 1: ö … You’re welcome, I’ve made all of us dumber…
i-sand… is-and… isund? iand? Ok, I give up, how are you supposed to pronounce it without the L?
Now that is the real question.
etymologically the word is made up of “i” and “land”, the “s” was added by some idiot in the 15th century. “i” is cognate with “ö” in swedish which simply means “island”, so just pull a power move and drop all the other letters completely.
Swede caveman sailor 1: What that?
Swede caveman sailor 2: is land
Swede caveman sailor 1: ö
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You’re welcome, I’ve made all of us dumber…
The i of Oahu? Pen i?
In Swedish it would be Penö, so I suggest Peni…s