• mydoomlessaccount@infosec.pub
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    SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW KIND OF MALE THAT TRANSCENDS THE GREEK ALPHABET ENTIRELY!!!

    This new type of male belongs to the periodic table of elements. Known for their magnetic charm and iron will above all other types, scientists call this new type Fe Males!!!

    Could you secretly be a Fe Male???

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      1 year ago

      I hope you didn’t mean it, but that is a really gross sentence with a slur phonetically.

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        1 year ago

        Huh? Phonetically it could sound like “ze males” with a thick German accent but that’s not what I meant.

        I quote:

        No one likes xi. It is impossible to write, I mean which great mind thought it would be a good idea to turn a tornado into a letter, simply preposterous.

        https://www.change.org/p/the-entire-multiverse-ban-xi-from-the-greek-alphabet

        Edit: I can kinda see where the slur is now, bur that’s not how you pronounce (the Greek letter) “xi”. Xi is pronounced /zaɪ/ ZY or /(k)saɪ/ (K)SY in English and [ksi] in Greek.

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            I’m not a Greek expert, I just know what little math has taught me… 😅

            The pronunciation thing came directly from Wikipedia because I was unsure how to spell it phonetically in English and then I threw the Greek pronunciation in because that’s how it’s pronounced in German too (since I am German and was only certain about the German pronunciation): Xi (letter)