The Picard ManeuverM to [email protected] • 2 months agoIt feels wronglemmy.worldimagemessage-square175fedilinkarrow-up11.07Karrow-down122cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 months agoIn Flanders (at least where I’m at) we usually say I grec, but when doing math or reciting the alphabet, we say IJ.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 months agoWe say it just like I wrote it, as one word. Although some people use Griekse IJ, which is also two words.
minus-squareZarlinlinkfedilink3•2 months agoUsually same as our compound letter “ij”, similar but not quite how you’d prononuce the word “eye”. Less commonly it’s pronounced as “i-grec” (greek i) or “ypsilon”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 months agoi-grec (but English sound for “e” just like in Dutch) is the French way as well.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 months agoIn Swedish I pronounce y as y. It has its own sound and doesn’t sound like another letter, so it can’t be written as a combination of other letters.
how do you pronounce Y ?
In Flanders (at least where I’m at) we usually say I grec, but when doing math or reciting the alphabet, we say IJ.
Sound like igrek.
it’s two words (“i graeca”)
We say it just like I wrote it, as one word. Although some people use Griekse IJ, which is also two words.
and how would you say xyz ?
Iks Üpsilon Zett
XIJZ.
Usually same as our compound letter “ij”, similar but not quite how you’d prononuce the word “eye”. Less commonly it’s pronounced as “i-grec” (greek i) or “ypsilon”.
i-grec (but English sound for “e” just like in Dutch) is the French way as well.
In Swedish I pronounce y as y. It has its own sound and doesn’t sound like another letter, so it can’t be written as a combination of other letters.
Üpsilon