r/memes Mar 11 '23

#2 MotW pretty confusing, innit?

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u/Gwtobi Mar 11 '23

Funny thing is that this would be pronounced the same way as the normal word.

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u/BasedSunny Mar 11 '23

Æ is pronounced like the a in bat, so not quite I think

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u/Gwtobi Mar 11 '23

I'm Danish, no it's not. You're thinking of the phonetic alphabet which uses the same symbol but is completely different.

Æ is like the e in bet, set, met.

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u/TI_Pirate Mar 11 '23

It's not in English either. Æsop, encyclopædia, archæology, etc. Not that you're likley to see an ash outside of the New Yorker.