Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhat the hell! Let's all just go crazy!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down12
arrow-up1227arrow-down1imageWhat the hell! Let's all just go crazy!lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squarethefartographer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 months agoi-sand… is-and… isund? iand? Ok, I give up, how are you supposed to pronounce it without the L?
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoetymologically the word is made up of “i” and “land”, the “s” was added by some idiot in the 15th century. “i” is cognate with “ö” in swedish which simply means “island”, so just pull a power move and drop all the other letters completely.
i-sand… is-and… isund? iand? Ok, I give up, how are you supposed to pronounce it without the L?
Now that is the real question.
etymologically the word is made up of “i” and “land”, the “s” was added by some idiot in the 15th century. “i” is cognate with “ö” in swedish which simply means “island”, so just pull a power move and drop all the other letters completely.