xờ nhẹ
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
xờ (“ex”) + nhẹ (“lightweight”). Since ‹x› properly represents an alveolar /s/ which feels "light" as opposed to a retroflex /ʂ/ represented by ‹s›, this name may be used by those (usually northerners) who don't distinguish the two sounds to distinguish the two letters in writing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- (informal) The name of the Latin-script letter X/[[{{{4}}}#Vietnamese|{{{4}}}]].