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minus-square5dashes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-21 year agoI don’t get it. Aren’t they pronounced mostly the same?
minus-squarekn33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoI’ll do my best here - “Aristotle” is pronounced “Air-ih-stot-ul” whereas Chipotle is more like “Chip-oat-lee”
minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoThey did say their best. Not that it’d be correct.
minus-squareBlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoLeave them southerners alone. They didn’t do nuffin 'cept try to overthrow America twice.
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoAristotle is only pronounced like that because Aristoteles was somehow too confusing for English speakers.
minus-squarearchon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoNow that you mention it… he’s indeed called Aristoteles in my language… never noticed the spelling difference in english!
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoYup. The British did weird stuff to Roman names out of victorian reasons. Hadrianus becomes Hadrian, because of anus. They then also shortened others like Pompeius becoming Pompey etc.
minus-squareFluminaInMaria@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI know I’m furthering the immature narrative, butt:
I don’t get it. Aren’t they pronounced mostly the same?
I’ll do my best here - “Aristotle” is pronounced “Air-ih-stot-ul” whereas Chipotle is more like “Chip-oat-lee”
Um what?
Chip-oht-lay
They did say their best. Not that it’d be correct.
Leave them southerners alone. They didn’t do nuffin 'cept try to overthrow America twice.
Aristotle is only pronounced like that because Aristoteles was somehow too confusing for English speakers.
Now that you mention it… he’s indeed called Aristoteles in my language… never noticed the spelling difference in english!
Yup. The British did weird stuff to Roman names out of victorian reasons.
Hadrianus becomes Hadrian, because of anus. They then also shortened others like Pompeius becoming Pompey etc.
I know I’m furthering the immature narrative, butt:
Sounds like we did him a favor.
It’s “Chip-oat—lay”…not “lee”