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Proud to be a European (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 11 months ago by julianwgs@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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As a European it makes me proud to get a direct shout out from Linus 🫶🏻

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[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 81 points 11 months ago

I mean, Linus Torvalds is an european after all.

[-] valkyre09@lemmy.world 62 points 11 months ago

Something feels funny about “an European”. I’m pretty sure I’d say “A European”, but I have no idea what rule is triggering me to say that.

Damn English is all over the place.

[-] julianwgs@discuss.tchncs.de 68 points 11 months ago

I didnt even think about it, but looking it up „a European“ is correct. It‘s not about the letter, but the sound.

Source: https://www.quora.com/Which-is-correct-%E2%80%9Ca-European%E2%80%9D-or-%E2%80%9Can-European%E2%80%9D-Why

[-] 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 11 months ago

What an horrible rule

[-] ccdfa@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago

I disagree. It just marks the break between two vowel sounds. In English we just happen to write it down when necessary. French does this too, but in the opposite direction. As a general rule, one does not pronounce the last consonant of a word except in instances where two vowel sounds meet. In these cases, the first word's consonant links into the second word

[-] 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 11 months ago

Whoosh

[-] ccdfa@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

Lmao alright fair play

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