phudgins@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agoRiding the bus to the underworldlemmy.worldimagemessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up1301arrow-down17
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minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year 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@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoSo bus is really pronounced beece. Thank you.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoNah, it’s just not a great pun.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoplus a lot of Egyptian pronunciation was made up in the 1930s, and nowadays we know differently but the original names stuck
“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