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minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months 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-up9·2 months agoSo bus is really pronounced beece. Thank you.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoNah, it’s just not a great pun.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months 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