Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 10 个月前What the hell! Let's all just go crazy!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square195fedilinkarrow-up11.07Karrow-down111
arrow-up11.06Karrow-down1imageWhat the hell! Let's all just go crazy!lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 10 个月前message-square195fedilink
minus-squarethefartographer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·10 个月前i-sand… is-and… isund? iand? Ok, I give up, how are you supposed to pronounce it without the L?
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 个月前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.
minus-squarethefartographer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 个月前Swede 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…
minus-squareno banana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 个月前In Swedish it would be Penö, so I suggest Peni…s
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