• The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOP
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    Someone pointed out the other day that this cartoonist likes to “connect” the scenes in the panels, and now I notice it every time it happens.

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        yoo - 'ts-ee - kah

        yoo as in you

        'ts as in tsunami

        ee as in glee

        kah as in karate

        … is how my brain and mouth are trying to make sense of this.

        Apparently Hungarian has a 'tsi / 'tsee sound that is basically like the Japanese 'tsu, just with a different trailing vowel.

        For whatever reason, in Japanese, there is only 'tsu, there is no… 'tsah or 'tsee or 'tsoh.

        And in Hungarian … there is only 'tsi/'tsee … no 'tsu or 'tsah or 'tsoh.

        … I have spent the last hour being baffled and also making consonant and vowel sounds randomly, like a madman.

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      I believe it’s pronounced something like “YOOTS-ika” in the original Hungarian.

      Me, I have an Hungarian uncle, and actually have been to Lac Balaton, where I had to learn some basic Hungarian in order to order ice cream for a few forints. XD

      Eh… FWIW?

      @the_picard_maneuver@lemmy.world

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    Last year I took a steam train. It’s a real 100 year old steam train running all summer on a 20km track, as a tourist attraction. Goes through nice landscapes, pretty cool experience in general.

    But, yeah, on the return trip we chose the car closest to the engine. The smoke is definitely something.