Comment on Jesus Christ

over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Brainsploosh@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Should it more accurately be Yesus?

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  • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Somewhere between that, or possibly Yeshua.

    I dunno for sure, but if people really believe in the man, shouldn’t they refer to him by his proper Hebrew name?

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    • trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s not like historical figures are always referred to by their proper names. How many English speakers talk about Cristóbal Colón or pronounce Julius Caesar as [ˈkae̯.sar].

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      • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I get you.

        But if people out there are willing to give their lives up for a person from a couple thousand years ago, you’d think they might know how to properly spell the person’s name.

        Not like he’s gonna come back to life, get real.

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  • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    IIRC in Latin the letter “I” as in India, was used for “J” sounds. So it would be Iesus.

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  • DanglingFury@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Technically Iesus with an I. Probably sounded out the same as the guy who did my drywall.

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    • gentooer@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The Russian й (e.g. the last letter in the name Sergei) is a semivowel, the only one in the Russian alphabet.

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  • wjrii@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    or Josh. 🤣

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  • KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ἰησοῦς is the original name, something sorta like Íēsûs

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  • ShortFuse@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s pronounced Geez not Jeez

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    • dch82@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Hard G like GIF or soft G like GIF?

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    • Brainsploosh@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      In English yes, but not in closer languages like Aramaic, Hebrew (יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshua)) or Greek (ἰησοῦς (ioesous)).

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      • ShortFuse@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s a joke, my dude.

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