@PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoGood job, Britain! A major contribution to the nations of the world!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up11.31Karrow-down121
arrow-up11.29Karrow-down1imageGood job, Britain! A major contribution to the nations of the world!lemmy.world@PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square116fedilink
minus-square@ComicalMayhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•1 year agoFoetus is a weird one, I’ve never heard that before. I keep trying to pronounce it in my head but the closest I get is sounding like fajitas.
minus-squareNeon 🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇪🇺🏳️⚧️🇹🇼🇮🇱🏳️🌈linkfedilink3•edit-21 year agoIt comes from the german Fötus oe is ö and english is a germanic language
minus-square@mitchty@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilink1•edit-21 year agoIf it’s right I’d want a source, the oe spelling in British English is as far as I was aware a let’s latinize thing in Britain. https://www.etymonline.com/word/oe https://www.etymonline.com/word/fetus
minus-square@dch82@lemmy.ziplinkfedilink1•edit-21 year agoBecause Fetus would be pronounced with a hard e not a ee sound. oe is a variant of the french œ pronounced ee
Foetus is a weird one, I’ve never heard that before. I keep trying to pronounce it in my head but the closest I get is sounding like fajitas.
It comes from the german Fötus
oe is ö
and english is a germanic language
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If it’s right I’d want a source, the oe spelling in British English is as far as I was aware a let’s latinize thing in Britain.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/oe https://www.etymonline.com/word/fetus
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fajitasfoetusBecause Fetus would be pronounced with a hard e not a ee sound.
oe is a variant of the french œ pronounced ee