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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

How are they pronounced?

[–] Ostrichgrif 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Molec-ulēs and partic-ulēs

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah, the heroes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They were trying to show the hero-like pronunciation applied. Think of e.g. Hercules.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's "Herkules" in german, like you write it, so i don't know.

This petition has missing rules.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The English pronunciation of Hercules is effectively the same as the German pronuncation.

Important for the joke is that the normal pronunciation for molecules differs, even though it also ends on -cules...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Honestly, go with the epic version.

[–] EtherWhack 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The English pronunciation would be "her-Q-leez"

For the Greek pronunciation, if I remember what I was told, the long "E" at the end should actually be short; the "R" is mixed with an "L" sound; and the "H" is silent.

Pronounced something like "eee-lrak-aice"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Molleck-Yoo-Lees and Parr-Tick-Lees