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10992317 No.10992317 [Reply] [Original]

>Anglos pronounce Plato as Play-doh

>> No.10992326

>>10992317
>people actually care about pronunciation in a post-verbal society

>> No.10992336

>>10992317
*Platon

>> No.10992341

>not Plateau

>> No.10992347

actually: Plah too

>> No.10992348

>>10992341
A thousand Platos

>> No.10992353

>>10992336
You mustt mean Πλατών

>> No.10992355
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10992355

>aristotle and not aristoteles
what's the matter with anglos ?

>> No.10992357

>>10992317
It is pronounced Pluh-daw

>> No.10992361

>>10992355
i have no idea, but i would guess the french are behind it

>> No.10992364

>>10992341
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqb02qUFtCg

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10992367

>>10992355
>Aris-dodle
What a lost cause

>> No.10992403
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10992403

>people have accents

>> No.10992486

>Anglos pronounce Plato as Play-toe

>> No.10992620

Plaid-o

or

Pla (as in 'bo'ttle, bahhtle)dough

>> No.10992654

>>10992620
>Pla (as in 'bo'ttle, bahhtle)dough
Plot-o

>> No.10992668

>>10992364
Cobain couldn't sing for shit.

>> No.10992778

>>10992620
No. It's plah-toh

>> No.10992780
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10992780

>They pronounce Zeus as Sus

>> No.10992801

>>10992780
Zee-us

>> No.10992829

The Anglo alcoholic slur ruined everything before Americans even got to it

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10992835

>>10992317
I hate these threads so god damn much.

>> No.10992837

>>10992801
zeh-oos

>> No.10992856

>>10992355
>>10992367
sound like a pokemon

>> No.10992860

>>10992317
Only Americans do that