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[–] [email protected] 73 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Which movie is the scene from?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

This is from the series The Good Place.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I don't get it. Aren't they pronounced mostly the same?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I'll do my best here - "Aristotle" is pronounced "Air-ih-stot-ul" whereas Chipotle is more like "Chip-oat-lee"

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

They did say their best. Not that it'd be correct.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Leave them southerners alone. They didn't do nuffin 'cept try to overthrow America twice.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Aristotle is only pronounced like that because Aristoteles was somehow too confusing for English speakers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Now that you mention it.. he's indeed called Aristoteles in my language.. never noticed the spelling difference in english!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yup. The British did weird stuff to Roman names out of victorian reasons.

Hadrianus becomes Hadrian, because of anus. They then also shortened others like Pompeius becoming Pompey etc.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I know I'm furthering the immature narrative, butt:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Sounds like we did him a favor.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

It’s “Chip-oat—lay”…not “lee”