This reminded me I play an online game with a guy who signs in as Testicles, the Greek philosopher.
Ah yes, I for one live by the Testiclecratic Oath.
My partner recently bought me a stuffed cat that has giant balls. It's hilarious, long story. Anyway I've named him Bophades.
Bophades
I'm familiar with the legend, yes.
I would also like entomologists to pronounce the insect orders properly. That 'p'? It belongs to the '-ter'. It's 'pter', for wing. As in 'coleo-ptera', the 'shield wing', not 'col-e-OP-tera'. Or 'neuro-ptera', the 'lace-wing', not 'neur-OP-tera'.
We actually put the accent on a syllable THAT DOESN'T FUCKING EXIST in the Greek.
Fucking nonsense.
Helico-pter
I learned from ESLs. Sue me.
Brain has been patched. I can't undo this now.
Lemme ruin 'testicles' for ya too.
One man's ruin is another man's treasure
Poseidon's naughty child, Barnacles.
I petition that henceforth all words be pronounced in the spirit of Greek heroes
"My testicles itch."
All hail the mighty Testicules!
All hail the great Johncles
Particle man particle man
when he's underwater does he get wet? or does the water get him, instead?
Nobody knows
It took this post and recent bio classes to realize that this line refers to the hydrophilic nature of water molecules, so the reason it is a question if he gets wet underwater, is because a water molecule can't get wet, as it's water, and even if he isn't a water molecule, they're attracted to all particles including other water molecules, so the water would definitely get him.
Does whatever a particle can!
I find this hilarious
Where do I sign?
I can't see my own post!
Struck down by the gods.
It's a ghost!
Me neither
I can see it just fine, it says . . .
Also Thermo-meter rather than ther-mom-eter would be good
Bi-cycle instead of bi-sickle or motor-sickle instead of motor-cycle
One instance where the german pronounciation actually makes sense
I will never not pronounce them that way now that I have seen this.
Reminds me of the fact that Helicopter is a compound noun of helico (spiral) and pter (wing).
So you're saying it's pronounced helicopter, and not helicopter?
And it's also spelled accordingly!
I love me some Buffalo chicken pters.
This really should be on change.org.
Yup, just as any other useless petition that does nothing lol
Incontinentia Buttocks
Romanian intensificare
Got my vote
Uripades? Umendades?
How are they pronounced?
Molleck-Yoo-Lees and Parr-Tick-Lees
Honestly, go with the epic version.
The English pronunciation would be "her-Q-leez"
For the Greek pronunciation, if I remember what I was told, the long "E" at the end should actually be short; the "R" is mixed with an "L" sound; and the "H" is silent.
Pronounced something like "eee-lrak-aice"
Thanks!
