Weirdly enough that’s how I’ve always pronounced it because of the amazing language: rallienglanti (it’s English read out loud in Finnish way)
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SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 3 months ago
Today I learned that it’s an indingenous Māori word, and as such we should probably be respectful and stick with how they pronounce it.
mtlvmpr@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Lmao yeah same thing, pronouncing like ‘mana’ would be in Finnish word.
drspod@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 3 months ago
Thank you
t3rmit3@beehaw.org 3 months ago
And here I thought it was derived and bastardized from manna the bread. TIL
AbelianGrape@beehaw.org 3 months ago
Which, to be fair, is also derived from a word which would be most accurately (with English vowels) pronounced as mah-nuh. Although at this point “manna” is definitively also a word of English whose correct pronunciation is with /æ/.
SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 3 months ago
Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised. I love learning things about indigenous cultures.