phudgins@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agoRiding the bus to the underworldimagemessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up1301arrow-down17
arrow-up1294arrow-down1imageRiding the bus to the underworldphudgins@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square13linkfedilink
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month 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 Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 month agoSo bus is really pronounced beece. Thank you.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoNah, it’s just not a great pun.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month 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