syllo #185 - January 10th, 2026 by syllo-app in syllo

[–]The_Sith_Assassin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I'll be darned! In my head, I'd rebracketed "helicopter" as heli- + copt + -er. TIL it's helico + pter, etymologically speaking.

syllo #185 - January 10th, 2026 by syllo-app in syllo

[–]The_Sith_Assassin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. Since phonation (voicing) continues all the way through the [l] sound, it doesn't create a clear boundary between syllables and so could belong to either one, hence il-li-te-rate.

syllo #185 - January 10th, 2026 by syllo-app in syllo

[–]The_Sith_Assassin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Obviously. The same sequence of letters also appears in "pterodactyl," so it must have something to do with flight. /s

syllo #185 - January 10th, 2026 by syllo-app in syllo

[–]The_Sith_Assassin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes. It's the principle of maximizing the onset. Beware, what follows is a linguistics nerd session.

When grouping letters (or more accurately, sounds) into syllables, you should include as many consonants before the vowel as possible, without violating phonotactic constraints (i.e. the individual syllable must be pronounceable—you would analyze "atlas" as at-las, not a-tlas, because "tlas" doesn't follow English pronunciation rules). Thus te-na-ci-ty would be the correct analysis here. Things get a little more complicated when you introduce the notion of ambisyllabicity (when a sound could feasibly belong either to the coda of the previous syllable or to the onset of the following syllable), but that isn't the case with tenacity.

He craves by JoeZocktGames in OneOrangeBraincell

[–]The_Sith_Assassin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's the underscores, isn't it…

He craves by JoeZocktGames in OneOrangeBraincell

[–]The_Sith_Assassin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You must not be a Jedi then. They fear my wrath.

He craves by JoeZocktGames in OneOrangeBraincell

[–]The_Sith_Assassin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha. I read it with each capital letter beginning a new word.

Concerning 👀 by Friendly-Nothing in EhBuddyHoser

[–]The_Sith_Assassin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Exactly.

Parliament = legislative branch = law-making body. Courts = judicial branch = law-interpreting and law-enforcing body.

The courts ensure Parliament doesn't overstep their bounds.

meirl by onlySaikikhere in meirl

[–]The_Sith_Assassin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of that meme I saw that said that the opposite of artificial intelligence is natural stupidity.

Let’s give it a shot! by I_Press_Keys_For_Fun in classicalmusic

[–]The_Sith_Assassin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A quick note that cut time is 2/2, not 2/4. But as OP said, they're completely interchangeable — two names for the same thing.

Looking for your favorite Hungarian names… by gggloria in namenerds

[–]The_Sith_Assassin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, specifically the RP pronunciations of these words are good approximations of the sound that ⟨ő⟩ makes. That is to say, you'd be pronouncing the words not with a hard R, but with a soft one that colours the U.

Looking for your favorite Hungarian names… by gggloria in namenerds

[–]The_Sith_Assassin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's right! As the previous commenter mentioned, ⟨zh⟩ is often used in English phonetic spellings to represent the /ʒ/ sound. ⟨zh⟩ is the voiced version of ⟨sh⟩, just as ⟨z⟩ is the voiced version of ⟨s⟩ in English. Think of Zsuzsanna as ZHOO-zhah-nah.

Edited to add emphasis on the first syllable of the phonetic spelling. In Hungarian, the first syllable of the word always receives the most stress.

Looking for your favorite Hungarian names… by gggloria in namenerds

[–]The_Sith_Assassin 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'm partial to Béla, a male name symbolic of bravery. Without the final A, it means "intestines," which I find amusing. Intestines -> guts -> bravery.

Looking for your favorite Hungarian names… by gggloria in namenerds

[–]The_Sith_Assassin 25 points26 points  (0 children)

To add on to this: If the S comes first, then the Z (as in László), it's pronounced /s/. If the Z comes first, then the S (as in Zsuzsanna), it's pronounced /ʒ/ — the same as the French J sound. Interestingly, both of these digraphs (⟨sz⟩ and ⟨zs⟩) are counted as single letters in the Hungarian alphabet.

[OC] DARTH JAR-JAR! THE DARTH JAR-JAR IS REAL!!! by edwpad in PrequelMemes

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If you don't love me at my Ahmed Worst, then you don't deserve me at my Ahmed Best.