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[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

German pronunciation rules are awesome. If only you could get rid of some of your consonants, I’d be able to pronounce any German word.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

If only you could get rid of some of your consonants, I’d be able to pronounce any German word.

You probably dislike the German variants of "ch" as much as the Germans loathe the English "th" ;-)

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Out of Rohrbacherstrasse, I could pronounce Ro, ba, and strasse. German has like 5 different R sounds and I can pronounce 2 of them. And yet most of you can’t pronounce the vibrating R in my name.

And I hate English’s TH as well, both sounds of it, and especially the insistence in using it next to S. How am I supposed to pronounce “clothes” with any grace or dignity left?

No, my mother tongue isn’t Germanic, but Celtic-Latin with a lot of Banto and Tupi thrown in for mellowing.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

And yet most of you can’t pronounce the vibrating R in my name.

Spanish name, by chance?

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 5 months ago
[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

So I up one and say Portuguese.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

Ding ding ding!

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