• Knusper@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

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

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      1 year ago

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

      This petition has missing rules.

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        1 year 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…