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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

In Spanish the e's are pronounced the same way, and the same applies for German! It's only in English that the e's are all pronounced differently! English is such a weird language, I love it but it's things like this which are hilarious to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Not if you're talking about the character from Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Then they're all just ɛ

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (3 children)

But only in English. In the original German, all three e's are actually the same.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Häh wie sprichst du das denn aus? Offensichtlich überhaupt nicht /mɛʁˈt͡seːdəs/ wie alle anderen? In Spanisch sind sie gleich, in Deutsch alle unterschiedlich, genau wie in Englisch.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wenn du den spanischen Frauennamen meinst, dann sind das verschiedene Vokale, aber der Name der Automarke ist so voll eingedeutscht, der einzige Unterschied ist vielleicht noch, dass das mittlere e ein bisschen länger ist.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nein, andersrum wird ein Schuh draus.

Wenn du den Spanischen Frauennamen normal Spanisch aussprichst sind das drei ungerundete halbgeschlossene Vorderzungenvokale.

Wenn du die Deutsche Automarke normal Deutsch aussprichst ist es erst ein ungerundeter halboffener Vorderzungenvokal, dann ein ungerundeter halbgeschlossener Vorderzungenvokal und am Ende ein Schwa.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Wenn du die Deutsche Automarke normal Deutsch aussprichst ist es erst ein ungerundeter halboffener Vorderzungenvokal, dann ein ungerundeter halbgeschlossener Vorderzungenvokal und am Ende ein Schwa.

Wenn Du meinst. Für mich macht das keinen Unterschied.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

The original is Spanish, and the Es are pronounced the same

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Diese Kommentarsektion ist nun Eigentum der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So I've been saying it wrong all this time? Because the first and second sounded the same to me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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This is going to mess with me all day, I just know it!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Welcome to the letter E

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’m fighting an urge right now…

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Not in French they aren't.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Same in Poland.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

In French they can be. In France, no because they don't have a large repertoire of sounds. But in Quebec, all 3 E sounds different.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Oiseaux.

Edit: the joke is that no vowel in oiseaux is pronounced the right way.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Mec je parle de Mercedes. 🙄

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Le meme parle de la prononciation des "e" dans le mot Mercedes, pas des consonnes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Perso je prononce chaque e différemment ?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

C'est pas une énorme différence pour être honnête.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Pour moi oui, mère c'est d'aisse, pas meurceudeusse haha

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Are these real stock picture models like Harold/distracted boyfriend, or are they AI-generated?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe real? Anyone recognize that watermark?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

They definitely fit the cold and dead bill. I think I only hesitated because traditionally it's been the most unnatural looking stock photos that have typically been used for memes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Either that or op and their friend posed for these photos themselves to make this mend

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Me as a kid, having just learned english, listening to Janis Joplin: "What the fuck is a mercy dispense!?"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

When you pray for the lord to have mercy, they have to dispense it somehow. That part made sense to me as a kid.

However why would God have to buy one? And from whom? Who manufactures these mercy dispensers for God? Why wouldn't God just make them into existence?

When I learned that it was Mercedes Benz I came to understand that even God needs to abide by trademark law.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

If you add Benz you get a 4th E sound

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Y'all ever notice that the way your mouth moves when you say Mercedes makes you smile.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Abraham is another

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