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Ian @ianofmanycolours.bsky.social

and yet both hosts managed to pronounce it totally incorrectly!!! they apparently have never been exposed to the german language before

aug 27, 2025, 9:25 pm • 1 0

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Alex Ma-zuur @mazuretsky.bsky.social

my tangentially related peeve is that the famous physicist is "ayn-stayn" but infamous criminal is "ep-steen"

aug 27, 2025, 9:32 pm • 1 0 • view
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Ian @ianofmanycolours.bsky.social

that's just how they're pronounced in america. english just inconsistently anglicizes "-stein". epstein barr virus is also pronounced epsteen

aug 27, 2025, 9:35 pm • 1 0 • view