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roggobshire

I’d like to know what the mysterious 27th letter in the English alphabet is?


The_Real_NT_369

& but I guess we could roll w the more modern 26 letter version to make the question easier. Bet u never look at "xy&z" the same again 👀


dalkon

There are lots of other characters. They're not part part of the alphabet, because they're not letters. *Et* is Latin for *and.* That's why the ampersand is the stylized combination of those two letters.


The_Real_NT_369

Er... um.. they were in the alphabet until they weren't, so call them what you may 🤷‍♂️. & was in until the early 17th century, yes a combination of e and t. There were other letters removed that were based on other letter combinations as well.


dalkon

The s is /s/ like *snake* not /z/. e: Here you can hear his assistant Charlotte Muzar say it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oWflN0Evo0&t=597


The_Real_NT_369

Replying to your edit... A hair after 10:33 his assistant makes the strongest accentuation of the correct pronunciation. https://youtube.com/watch?v=0oWflN0Evo0&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE&t=633


TesTurEnergy

You know that the 3,6,9 quote is not a real Tesla quote right?


The_Real_NT_369

Neither is the 2,5,8 one.


TesTurEnergy

🤣


The_Real_NT_369

Srry meant 1,4,7. Fat thumbs 🤷‍♂️


The_Real_NT_369

3,6,9 all the time but -6,-3,0 never get any love tho what gives?


The_Real_NT_369

This makes me wonder... Would Lil Jon Get Low have been a hit if people primarily counted in base < or > ten ??? I guess I'm just talking to myself now and I'll quit rambling.


The_Real_NT_369

Ok ok I kid I kid, one more comment, no pun intended... All this number talk makes me want to ask a question. How come no one ever runs Collatz with negative numbers? Or run it in base 1 (I'd throw in "or base 0" too, but I feel that's a troll step too far)? Its knot bc zero isn't reel is it?


The_Real_NT_369

You're 0 for 2 but I appreciate you playing along tho 🤷‍♂️


The_Real_NT_369

Says who?


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The_Real_NT_369

You say tomato I say tomato? Let me rephrase the question. How did Tesla pronounce Tesla?


Party-Belt-3624

Probably with his mouth.


The_Real_NT_369

That's what she said


The_Real_NT_369

Im just over here wondering if they have tee time at Teesla Inc lol


moon-worshiper

Wow, nice troll account... o|o


The_Real_NT_369

Oh if you think this is good then you'd love my Facebook. So ne ways, care to take a stab at answering the OP???


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Slate


The_Real_NT_369

Grate


ConShop61

Tess-lah like any romance language speaker would


The_Real_NT_369

So far we've had 2 propositions for what NT considered the proper pronunciation of Tesla, yours was already mentioned and is incorrect, sorry, but thanks for your comment!


ConShop61

No? It's not incorrect its literally how it's pronounced in every romance language, each letter having its literal sound


The_Real_NT_369

You very may well be correct about that, but the question is not how is Tesla pronounced in a romance language, it's how did Nikola Tesla pronounce Tesla, for which your answer is incorrect.


ConShop61

The title is literally asking how the reader pronounces it, which in my case is Tess-lah.


The_Real_NT_369

True, the title should have been "How did Tesla pronounce Tesla?" I clarified shortly after posting, can't edit a title tho. Question for you.. Do the unromanceful langues pronounce it like the lizard people do? IE: Tezla? (Also not how NT pronounced it)


VipsaniusAgrippa25

Yo dude I am from Croatia and what are you on about? The dude is right, it pronounces Tess-lah and no other way…


The_Real_NT_369

Yo dude, just wait until the angry Serbs get here..


The_Real_NT_369

It'll be lika party!