← Back to context Comment by DonHopkins 5 days ago You should hear the Dutch say "yah-vah-shchkript" with a throat clear and spit take. 2 comments DonHopkins Reply tremon 5 days ago The Dutch pronunciation of javascript differs from the English one only in the first syllable. Roughly zero dutchies would insert the Dutch schr- sound in a loanword, and even fewer would do that while leaving the foreign -ipt suffix intact. DonHopkins 4 days ago Maybe they're just taking advantage of the opportunity to expectorate then.
tremon 5 days ago The Dutch pronunciation of javascript differs from the English one only in the first syllable. Roughly zero dutchies would insert the Dutch schr- sound in a loanword, and even fewer would do that while leaving the foreign -ipt suffix intact. DonHopkins 4 days ago Maybe they're just taking advantage of the opportunity to expectorate then.
The Dutch pronunciation of javascript differs from the English one only in the first syllable. Roughly zero dutchies would insert the Dutch schr- sound in a loanword, and even fewer would do that while leaving the foreign -ipt suffix intact.
Maybe they're just taking advantage of the opportunity to expectorate then.