phudgins@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agoRiding the bus to the underworldlemmy.worldimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1286arrow-down17
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minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 days agoNow I wonder if I pronounce bus or Anubis incorrectly.
minus-squareMorlark@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoNo, it’s not you, the joke just doesn’t work.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day ago“Anubis” is the Greek version of his name, so it’s probably pronounced something like AH-noo-beece, with the emphasis on the first syllable.
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 day agoSo bus is really pronounced beece. Thank you.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoNah, it’s just not a great pun.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoplus a lot of Egyptian pronunciation was made up in the 1930s, and nowadays we know differently but the original names stuck
Now I wonder if I pronounce bus or Anubis incorrectly.
No, it’s not you, the joke just doesn’t work.
“Anubis” is the Greek version of his name, so it’s probably pronounced something like AH-noo-beece, with the emphasis on the first syllable.
So bus is really pronounced beece. Thank you.
One bus, multiple beece?
Nah, it’s just not a great pun.
plus a lot of Egyptian pronunciation was made up in the 1930s, and nowadays we know differently but the original names stuck