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Psionicsickness@reddthat.com 1 day agoHard disagree. That spelling sounds more like whiner. It’s weiner, after the surname Weiner, which is indeed German, and that whole family is a bunch of dicks.
Comment on Teenis
Psionicsickness@reddthat.com 1 day agoHard disagree. That spelling sounds more like whiner. It’s weiner, after the surname Weiner, which is indeed German, and that whole family is a bunch of dicks.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 day ago
In German words with ie or ei diphthongs, you pronounce the English name of the second letter. So wiener is pronounced veen-uh, and Weiner is vine-uh (both very roughly).
Psionicsickness@reddthat.com 1 day ago
You sure?
luciferofastora@feddit.org 1 day ago
Just because Americans bastardise our pronunciation or spelling doesn’t make “Weiner” the correct spelling for that pronunciation.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yes. People might always pronounce their names differently from normal phonetic rules, especially if they don’t speak German, but the word wiener is unrelated.