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Molec-ulēs and partic-ulēs
Nah, the heroes.
They were trying to show the hero-like pronunciation applied. Think of e.g. Hercules.
It’s “Herkules” in german, like you write it, so i don’t know.
The English pronunciation of Hercules is effectively the same as the German pronuncation.
Important for the joke is that the normal pronunciation for molecules differs, even though it also ends on -cules…
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 6 months ago
Nah, the heroes.
Knusper@feddit.de 6 months ago
They were trying to show the hero-like pronunciation applied. Think of e.g. Hercules.
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 6 months ago
It’s “Herkules” in german, like you write it, so i don’t know.
Knusper@feddit.de 6 months ago
The English pronunciation of Hercules is effectively the same as the German pronuncation.
Important for the joke is that the normal pronunciation for molecules differs, even though it also ends on -cules…