The idiot's guide to pronouncing "nuclear" and other difficult words

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

Prof · 11-13-07, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

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"!

You might as well talk to a brick wall rather than try to teach the English how to pronounce the 'ch' in Friedrich. We Scots still haven't managed to get them to pronounce 'loch' (as in Loch Ness, Loch Lomond, etc...) correctly!

The WosMan · 11-13-07, 05:27 PM

Here is one thing that really grates my midwest non-accent nerves. I can't stand how New Englanders, New Yorkers, and the Brits always throw an "R" on the end of any word that ends in an "A" so they will say "encyclopediar, datar, Sodar, etc......" The funny thing is if I am talking to one of my good brit friends over teamspeak I will intentionally throw R's on words like that and they don't even notice it.

Skybird · 11-13-07, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Prof

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skybird

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"!

You might as well talk to a brick wall rather than try to teach the English how to pronounce the 'ch' in Friedrich. We Scots still haven't managed to get them to pronounce 'loch' (as in Loch Ness, Loch Lomond, etc...) correctly!

:rotfl:

11-13-07, 05:10 PM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,718 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.

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11-13-07, 05:27 PM	#3
The WosMan Watch Officer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: OH Posts: 332 Downloads: 88 Uploads: 0	Here is one thing that really grates my midwest non-accent nerves. I can't stand how New Englanders, New Yorkers, and the Brits always throw an "R" on the end of any word that ends in an "A" so they will say "encyclopediar, datar, Sodar, etc......" The funny thing is if I am talking to one of my good brit friends over teamspeak I will intentionally throw R's on words like that and they don't even notice it.