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[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Knusper@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It's "Herkules" in german, like you write it, so i don't know.

This petition has missing rules.

[–] Knusper@feddit.de 3 points 11 months 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...