• taladar
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      7 months ago

      English pronunciation seems more like a joke by the makers of the English language itself.

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        English is an open-source project with no overarching plan and several major variants that has had literally millions of contributors over thousands of release cycles per branch. There’s bound to be some cruft in the code.

        Anyone who suggests reform is enacting that one xkcd about standards. And no-one will use their variant except for a few enthusiasts who think it’s the best thing since sliced silicon.

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      7 months ago

      So it’s a joke by suse themself?

      No, obviously not.

      The joke and the funny song still works, but his pronounciation is simply wrong. He pronounces something like “Susa” with an a.

      The correct pronounciatuon of this e goes - as another commenter already said - like the first e in ‘mesmerized’.