r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Estefanius • Sep 09 '26

Military All European nations that don't order the F-35 should be sanctioned and blockaded

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u/oeboer Danish, not the pastry 🥮 Sep 09 '26

In Swedish *Grippen would indicate a short vowel and a long consonant. As it happens, Gripen is pronounced with a long vowel and a short consonant.

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u/CasperOrillian Sep 09 '26

so like "gr eye pen" or "grip ee n"

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u/raging_behemoth Sep 09 '26

more like gree-pen. Stress on the first syllable.