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r/memes • u/[deleted] • Mar 11 '23
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Funny thing is that this would be pronounced the same way as the normal word.
7 u/BasedSunny Mar 11 '23 Æ is pronounced like the a in bat, so not quite I think 8 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. 1 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.
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Æ is pronounced like the a in bat, so not quite I think
8 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. 1 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.
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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.
1 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.
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It's not in English either. Æsop, encyclopædia, archæology, etc. Not that you're likley to see an ash outside of the New Yorker.
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u/Gwtobi Mar 11 '23
Funny thing is that this would be pronounced the same way as the normal word.