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[–] [email protected] 17 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Elon can consider himself proper American now that he thinks Æ can be used as substitute for A, E, or a combination of the two. Same as you sometimes see shitheads use Ø instead of O.

To those of us who use those letters daily, it's just jarring, as it's a completely different letter with a different sound. It would be like writing Karspleesh and expect the spelling to carry the same pronunciation.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

I use Å and A interchangeably, and like to put umlauts in rändöm pläces for fün.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Å/A is just as jarring. The Germans might be bothered about umlauts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

Yeah, they are actually triggering me a little bit. It just reads different.

[–] pennomi 5 points 20 hours ago

Ẇ̶̧h̵̰̍y̵̿ͅ ̵͎͆s̵̰̈́ť̷͓ö̷̬́p̵̝̓ ̷̭̏t̴͉̀h̶̞̾è̶̘r̶̩͛é̷̲?̵̼͝

[–] [email protected] 10 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

In Danish ae can substitute æ

Same with aa = å and o/oe = ø

[–] [email protected] 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

True, that's an internationally recognized translation of those letters. Partially to make it easier for the swedes who use gibberish letters instead of the superior Æ Ø Å, I'm sure you can agree.
But the opposite isn't valid in any language. You don't know anyone who drive across Størebæltsbrøen to get to Ødense, I hope?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Størebæltsbrøen

Ødense

Gibberish. Just like Swedish.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

If you say "Ødense" is written in a gibberish way, wait until you find out what's the pronunciation of that city.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Now I'm confused and confused how to pronounce Karspleesh. In my head, I'm pronouncing it Car splee~~n~~ sh

[–] [email protected] 8 points 18 hours ago

If you're feeling adventurous, try Kérsplôøsh.