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minus-squaresouthsamurailinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoI’ve heard them said as either zi zer, or zhi zher. Why they chose an x for an initial letter fire a word proposed for English, I’ll never understand. I’ve even heard someone say them as an s, which is absolutely not what was intended for the obvious reason.
minus-squarefxomt's on dbzer0@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoI used to think it was pronounced Chi or жi, its much simpler than those i guess
minus-squaresouthsamurailinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoSo do xylophone, professor Xavier, and Xanth
I’ve heard them said as either zi zer, or zhi zher. Why they chose an x for an initial letter fire a word proposed for English, I’ll never understand.
I’ve even heard someone say them as an s, which is absolutely not what was intended for the obvious reason.
I used to think it was pronounced Chi or жi, its much simpler than those i guess
Xerox says hello.
So do xylophone, professor Xavier, and Xanth