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Skybird · 11-13-07, 05:10 PM

There is no letter K in Friedrich Nietzsche. CH is difficult to be imagined for Anglosaxons. I still wait for my first American or English pronouncing it correctly.

You kind of put the back part of your tongue upwards and press it slightly against your palate, then breath out through your mouth and the small slit between palate and tongue. the hissing sound resulting is how CH is pronounced. It is no "K"!

"ie" is spelled like the eeee in "eeeek".

And "tzsche" is pronounced like the first in Che Guevara, with a T put in front of it.

:p

11-13-07, 05:10 PM	#3
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,687 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	There is no letter K in Friedrich Nietzsche. CH is difficult to be imagined for Anglosaxons. I still wait for my first American or English pronouncing it correctly. You kind of put the back part of your tongue upwards and press it slightly against your palate, then breath out through your mouth and the small slit between palate and tongue. the hissing sound resulting is how CH is pronounced. It is no "K"! "ie" is spelled like the eeee in "eeeek". And "tzsche" is pronounced like the first in Che Guevara, with a T put in front of it. :p __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.