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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Uripades? Umendades?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (4 children)

How are they pronounced?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Molec-ulēs and partic-ulēs

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Nah, the heroes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They were trying to show the hero-like pronunciation applied. Think of e.g. Hercules.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It's "Herkules" in german, like you write it, so i don't know.

This petition has missing rules.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

The English pronunciation of Hercules is effectively the same as the German pronuncation.

Important for the joke is that the normal pronunciation for molecules differs, even though it also ends on -cules...

[–] HerbalGamer 3 points 9 months ago

Molleck-Yoo-Lees and Parr-Tick-Lees

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Honestly, go with the epic version.

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