• Knusper@feddit.de
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      11 months ago

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

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        11 months ago

        It’s “Herkules” in german, like you write it, so i don’t know.

        This petition has missing rules.

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          11 months 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…