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minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoForgive me if I’m wrong but wouldn’t the u in Unabomber be pronounced with a y sound meaning it should be “A Unabomber quote” not “an Unabomber”?
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoOh tbh I’m not actually sure, I’ve always pronounced it with the same “U” as in Uma, but on reflection I’ve got no idea if that’s correct
minus-squareCoggyMcFee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoIt’s definitely pronounced like the u in union
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoFair play, cheers for the correction
minus-squarefossphi@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIn a lot of other Latin script languages “u” is pronounced like the vowel
Forgive me if I’m wrong but wouldn’t the u in Unabomber be pronounced with a y sound meaning it should be “A Unabomber quote” not “an Unabomber”?
Oh tbh I’m not actually sure, I’ve always pronounced it with the same “U” as in Uma, but on reflection I’ve got no idea if that’s correct
It’s definitely pronounced like the u in union
Fair play, cheers for the correction
In a lot of other Latin script languages “u” is pronounced like the vowel