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minus-squaregentooer@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 maanden geledenIn Flanders (at least where I’m at) we usually say I grec, but when doing math or reciting the alphabet, we say IJ.
minus-squareCyberTailor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 maanden geledenit’s two words (“i graeca”)
minus-squareMrAlternateTape@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 maanden geledenWe say it just like I wrote it, as one word. Although some people use Griekse IJ, which is also two words.
minus-squareZarlin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 maanden geledenUsually same as our compound letter “ij”, similar but not quite how you’d prononuce the word “eye”. Less commonly it’s pronounced as “i-grec” (greek i) or “ypsilon”.
minus-squareObi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 maanden geledeni-grec (but English sound for “e” just like in Dutch) is the French way as well.
minus-squareaulin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 maanden geledenIn Swedish I pronounce y as y. It has its own sound and doesn’t sound like another letter, so it can’t be written as a combination of other letters.
how do you pronounce Y ?
In Flanders (at least where I’m at) we usually say I grec, but when doing math or reciting the alphabet, we say IJ.
Sound like igrek.
it’s two words (“i graeca”)
We say it just like I wrote it, as one word. Although some people use Griekse IJ, which is also two words.
and how would you say xyz ?
XIJZ.
Iks Üpsilon Zett
Usually same as our compound letter “ij”, similar but not quite how you’d prononuce the word “eye”. Less commonly it’s pronounced as “i-grec” (greek i) or “ypsilon”.
i-grec (but English sound for “e” just like in Dutch) is the French way as well.
Üpsilon
In Swedish I pronounce y as y. It has its own sound and doesn’t sound like another letter, so it can’t be written as a combination of other letters.