phudgins@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agoRiding the bus to the underworldlemmy.worldimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1284arrow-down17
arrow-up1277arrow-down1imageRiding the bus to the underworldlemmy.worldphudgins@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square13fedilink
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
“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