wombat [none/use name] to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish • 4 months agoBiden is unpopular? Must be TikTok brainwashing our youth with Hamas propagandawww.reddit.commessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down10
arrow-up192arrow-down1external-linkBiden is unpopular? Must be TikTok brainwashing our youth with Hamas propagandawww.reddit.comwombat [none/use name] to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-square@DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglish5•4 months agoAren’t the umlauts even on the wrong letter? If it was accented, that would mean it was a long “eee” sound, so this would be pronounced reh-eeee-lehck-shun, wouldn’t it?
minus-squareInevitableSwing [none/use name]linkfedilinkEnglish12•4 months agoI’m stealing somebody else’s comment… it’s a diaeresis for indicating the two es are seperate syllables. In other words it’s confirming it’s pronounced re-election and not ree-lection.
minus-square@DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglish19•4 months agobut we already have that, it’s called “re-election” these MFs really trying to fuck with the language and think we won’t notice.
Aren’t the umlauts even on the wrong letter? If it was accented, that would mean it was a long “eee” sound, so this would be pronounced reh-eeee-lehck-shun, wouldn’t it?
I’m stealing somebody else’s comment…
In other words it’s confirming it’s pronounced re-election and not ree-lection.
but we already have that, it’s called “re-election”
these MFs really trying to fuck with the language and think we won’t notice.