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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by speedythefirst@piefed.social to c/cat@lemmy.world

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Not really sure why you would use the letter "å" here.

As a Swede, "cåt" is pronounced exactly like "kåt", which is slang for horny.....

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I believe they used ä not å and my guess would be it's because of the eyes

[–] ceiphas@feddit.org 5 points 2 weeks ago

And if you write "cat" in german just live it sounds it would be "kät"

[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Huh for me its ä. While in swedish ä is only close to cat, in finnish for example its exactly the same sound so ä is a pretty solid pick.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

It was an å for me when I posted