wombat [none/use name] to the_dunk_tank • 6 months agoBiden is unpopular? Must be TikTok brainwashing our youth with Hamas propagandaexternal-linkmessage-square37 fedilinkarrow-up192
arrow-up192external-linkBiden is unpopular? Must be TikTok brainwashing our youth with Hamas propagandawombat [none/use name] to the_dunk_tank • 6 months agomessage-square37 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareDamarcusArt@lemmygrad.mlhexbear5·6 months agoAren't the umlauts even on the wrong letter? If it was accented, that would mean it was a long "eee" sound, so this would be pronounced reh-eeee-lehck-shun, wouldn't it? linkfedilink
minus-squareInevitableSwing [none/use name]hexbear12·6 months agoI'm stealing somebody else's comment... it's a diaeresis for indicating the two es are seperate syllables. In other words it's confirming it's pronounced re-election and not ree-lection. link
minus-squareDamarcusArt@lemmygrad.mlhexbear19·6 months agobut we already have that, it's called "re-election" these MFs really trying to fuck with the language and think we won't notice. linkfedilink
Aren't the umlauts even on the wrong letter? If it was accented, that would mean it was a long "eee" sound, so this would be pronounced reh-eeee-lehck-shun, wouldn't it?
I'm stealing somebody else's comment...
In other words it's confirming it's pronounced re-election and not ree-lection.
but we already have that, it's called "re-election"
these MFs really trying to fuck with the language and think we won't notice.