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[–] ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Foetus is a weird one, I've never heard that before. I keep trying to pronounce it in my head but the closest I get is sounding like fajitas.

[–] Neon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It comes from the german Fötus

oe is ö

and english is a germanic language

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Is that right? So it's not the same as the oe in phoenix? I know in old books they used to fuse the letters.

[–] mitchty@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If it’s right I’d want a source, the oe spelling in British English is as far as I was aware a let’s latinize thing in Britain.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Would you like some chicken ~~fajitas~~ foetus

[–] dch82@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Because Fetus would be pronounced with a hard e not a ee sound.

~~oe is a variant of the french œ pronounced ee~~