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> One common criticism we’ve heard since we started Pijul a few years ago was about the name. I came up with that name, but to be honest, I was more interested
by djhaskin987 6y ago
> One common criticism we’ve heard since we started Pijul a few years ago was about the name. I came up with that name, but to be honest, I was more interested in getting stuff to work (which was challenging enough) than in thinking about names at that time.
Can someone help me find a more flattering way to pronounce this project? Any way I slice it it sounds awful in English.
- PEE - HOOL
- PEE - HOLE
- PIE - HOLE
- PEE - JEWEL
- PIE - JEWEL
Hearing nothing, probably gonna have to stick with "pie jewel".
- Ezku 6y agoThe author seems to be referencing a project of theirs with a Finnish name, so perhaps my intuition as a native Finnish speaker can help. In Finnish you’d likely pronounce pijul [pi-jul]. If I were to pronounce the word ”in English” starting from that basis, the smallest change is, I think, to make it [pi-zhul]. That is, ”pee-jewel” but with short vocals instead of long ones for both words.
- theonemind 6y agoWithout reference to the source language, the most native rendering of this based on spelling definitely has short vowel sounds. It takes the vowel sounds of “sit ghoul”
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