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submitted 4 months ago by emergencyfood to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

the ö's make this even more amusing, as i can't be sure it was an accidental dick-up instead of a nordic memelord giggling themself to sleep.

[–] emergencyfood 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The long o (oe or ö) is a sound present in north European languages, and also in many Asian languages, including Japanese.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

am Finnish, so i responded as such. for Japanese, however, you'd use ō instead. that is not an ö. ou is also acceptable.

[–] emergencyfood 6 points 4 months ago

You're right, it should be ou here, not oe.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Long o in Finnish is oo, ö is pronounced different and could also be pronounced as long öö.

[–] emergencyfood 1 points 4 months ago

Long o in Finnish is oo

That is logical and sensible. Unfortunately, oo in English is a long u, so long o has to be approximated as oe.