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"It's so much trouble remembering modern pronou-" (infosec.pub)

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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I've heard them said as either zi zer, or zhi zher. Why they chose an x for an initial letter fire a word proposed for English, I'll never understand.

I've even heard someone say them as an s, which is absolutely not what was intended for the obvious reason.

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[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Xerox says hello.

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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

So do xylophone, professor Xavier, and Xanth

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