AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoOhfuckyeahspreadit.giflemmy.zipexternal-linkmessage-square37linkfedilinkarrow-up1454file-text
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minus-squareFuyuhikoDate@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·11 days agoI read it again and again and I dont get it…
minus-squaresdfric88@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·11 days agoYou rip these? Yeah, you mend these?
minus-squareFuyuhikoDate@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 days agoThanks I really didnt knew how to pronounce this stroks of letters inside my head 😅
minus-squareAEsheron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 days agoIn ancient Greek, the ending -es is pronounced eez, eg Heracles is hair-ah-cleez. So, ironically, it comes out like they have Italian accents. “You rip-a deez?” and “you men’-a deez?”
minus-squareBandanaBug@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 days agoWith an accent it would be: u rip dis? (Did you rip this?) then the reply would be: u mend dis? (Do you mend this?)
I read it again and again and I dont get it…
You rip these?
Yeah, you mend these?
Thanks I really didnt knew how to pronounce this stroks of letters inside my head 😅
In ancient Greek, the ending -es is pronounced eez, eg Heracles is hair-ah-cleez. So, ironically, it comes out like they have Italian accents. “You rip-a deez?” and “you men’-a deez?”
With an accent it would be: u rip dis? (Did you rip this?) then the reply would be: u mend dis? (Do you mend this?)