The ‘y’ isn’t silent

Yemen. Sure, it’s spelled with a ‘y’ but through a weird quirk in translation, it’s actually pronounced like an ‘s’.

I know…I’ll never graduate from middle school.

3 thoughts on “The ‘y’ isn’t silent

  1. Say the correct pronunciation and throw in an Inspector Cluseau accent on top of it. Try it. Cluseau makes everything sound better.

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