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minus-squareCocaineShrimp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14·7 days agoFor those who don’t know: Tap for spoiler Anubis (A New Bus)
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11·7 days agoNow I wonder if I pronounce bus or Anubis incorrectly.
minus-squareMorlark@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 days agoNo, it’s not you, the joke just doesn’t work.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 days ago“Anubis” is the Greek version of his name, so it’s probably pronounced something like AH-noo-beece, with the emphasis on the first syllable.
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·7 days agoSo bus is really pronounced beece. Thank you.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoNah, it’s just not a great pun.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoplus a lot of Egyptian pronunciation was made up in the 1930s, and nowadays we know differently but the original names stuck
For those who don’t know:
Tap for spoiler
Anubis (A New Bus)
Now I wonder if I pronounce bus or Anubis incorrectly.
No, it’s not you, the joke just doesn’t work.
“Anubis” is the Greek version of his name, so it’s probably pronounced something like AH-noo-beece, with the emphasis on the first syllable.
So bus is really pronounced beece. Thank you.
One bus, multiple beece?
Nah, it’s just not a great pun.
plus a lot of Egyptian pronunciation was made up in the 1930s, and nowadays we know differently but the original names stuck