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minus-squaresouthsamurai@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·15 days agoI’ve heard them said as either zi zer, or zhi zher. Why they chose an x for an initial letter fire a word proposed for English, I’ll never understand. I’ve even heard someone say them as an s, which is absolutely not what was intended for the obvious reason.
minus-squarefxomt@lemm.eeMlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·15 days agoI used to think it was pronounced Chi or жi, its much simpler than those i guess
minus-squaresouthsamurai@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·15 days agoSo do xylophone, professor Xavier, and Xanth
I’ve heard them said as either zi zer, or zhi zher. Why they chose an x for an initial letter fire a word proposed for English, I’ll never understand.
I’ve even heard someone say them as an s, which is absolutely not what was intended for the obvious reason.
I used to think it was pronounced Chi or жi, its much simpler than those i guess
Xerox says hello.
So do xylophone, professor Xavier, and Xanth