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It's truly a shame (startrek.website)
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[–] teft@startrek.website 73 points 11 months ago (2 children)

[–] ZeroXHunter@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Which movie is the scene from?

[–] teft@startrek.website 4 points 11 months ago

This is from the series The Good Place.

[–] 5dashes@lemmy.world -4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I don't get it. Aren't they pronounced mostly the same?

[–] kn33@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I'll do my best here - "Aristotle" is pronounced "Air-ih-stot-ul" whereas Chipotle is more like "Chip-oat-lee"

[–] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (3 children)

lee

Um what?

[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago

Chip-oht-lay

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

They did say their best. Not that it'd be correct.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Leave them southerners alone. They didn't do nuffin 'cept try to overthrow America twice.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Aristotle is only pronounced like that because Aristoteles was somehow too confusing for English speakers.

[–] archon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Now that you mention it.. he's indeed called Aristoteles in my language.. never noticed the spelling difference in english!

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yup. The British did weird stuff to Roman names out of victorian reasons.

Hadrianus becomes Hadrian, because of anus. They then also shortened others like Pompeius becoming Pompey etc.

[–] FluminaInMaria@mander.xyz 3 points 11 months ago

I know I'm furthering the immature narrative, butt:

[–] ZeroDrek@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

It’s “Chip-oat—lay”…not “lee”