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[-] FiniteLooper@lemm.ee 40 points 11 months ago

Every “e” in “Mercedes” is pronounced differently.

[-] protist@mander.xyz 20 points 11 months ago

An Austrian dude named the Mercedes line of cars after his daughter Mercédès Adrienne Ramona Manuela Jellinek. He got the name from Spanish, and in Spanish all the "e"s are pronounced the same

[-] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Except for the ones with accent marks on them…

[-] Unimperfect@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Except that the name written in Spanish does not have any accent markings, and even if it did, it would not change the pronunciation of the letter. Accent markings over vowels in Spanish simply denote syllable stress.

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