The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 5 months agoIt feels wronglemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square153fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkIt feels wronglemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square153fedilink
minus-squareMrAlternateTape@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoWe say it just like I wrote it, as one word. Although some people use Griekse IJ, which is also two words.
minus-squareZarlin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoUsually same as our compound letter “ij”, similar but not quite how you’d prononuce the word “eye”. Less commonly it’s pronounced as “i-grec” (greek i) or “ypsilon”.
minus-squareObi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoi-grec (but English sound for “e” just like in Dutch) is the French way as well.
minus-squaregentooer@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoIn Flanders (at least where I’m at) we usually say I grec, but when doing math or reciting the alphabet, we say IJ.
minus-squareaulin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoIn Swedish I pronounce y as y. It has its own sound and doesn’t sound like another letter, so it can’t be written as a combination of other letters.
how do you pronounce Y ?
Sound like igrek.
it’s two words (“i graeca”)
We say it just like I wrote it, as one word. Although some people use Griekse IJ, which is also two words.
and how would you say xyz ?
Üpsilon
Usually same as our compound letter “ij”, similar but not quite how you’d prononuce the word “eye”. Less commonly it’s pronounced as “i-grec” (greek i) or “ypsilon”.
i-grec (but English sound for “e” just like in Dutch) is the French way as well.
In Flanders (at least where I’m at) we usually say I grec, but when doing math or reciting the alphabet, we say IJ.
In Swedish I pronounce y as y. It has its own sound and doesn’t sound like another letter, so it can’t be written as a combination of other letters.