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[-] IdiosyncraticIdiot@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Using international phonetic alphabet:

dʒbəʊʌ

Using English:

J - as in Jump

er - as is teachER

b - as in Boat

o - as in shOW

a - as in Up

[-] _s10e@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Wikipedia has it as: /dʒɜː(ɹ)ˈbəʊ.ə/

Yours is missung the vowel after the j.

[-] jsveiga@vlemmy.net 16 points 1 year ago
[-] bonfire921@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago

Ah, Gerboa. Got it

[-] Herbstzeitlose@feddit.de 15 points 1 year ago
[-] KaKi87@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

I didn't know it was an animal, thanks !

[-] hellothere@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Jer as in Her, and Jerk

Boa as in the snake, and fancy feather number

[-] karlthemailman@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago
[-] Arcaneslime@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A cross between gerbil and boa constrictor.

No I don't mean "food." Jerboa.

[-] JCreazy@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

The correct way

[-] riptwo@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Hopefully just like the name of the character in The Howling 3: The Marsupials, or I’ve been getting it wrong this whole time.

[-] BlastboomStrice@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

I was ~reading it Jebroa all that time.. Oops

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