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minus-square5dashes@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down10·3 years agoI don’t get it. Aren’t they pronounced mostly the same?
minus-squarekn33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·3 years 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-up14·3 years agoThey did say their best. Not that it’d be correct.
minus-squareBlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 years agoLeave them southerners alone. They didn’t do nuffin 'cept try to overthrow America twice.
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 years agoAristotle is only pronounced like that because Aristoteles was somehow too confusing for English speakers.
minus-squarearchon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 years agoNow that you mention it… he’s indeed called Aristoteles in my language… never noticed the spelling difference in english!
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 years 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-up3·3 years agoI know I’m furthering the immature narrative, butt:
minus-squareivanafterall@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 years agoSounds like we did him a favor.
minus-squareZeroDrek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 years agoIt’s “Chip-oat—lay”…not “lee”
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Which movie is the scene from?
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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”