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Quote: from graysonscolumn on 10:25 pm on Feb. 2, 2007[br]
Quote: from Burroughhill on 8:12 pm on Jan. 29, 2007[br]
Quote: from graysonscolumn on 9:08 am on Jan. 29, 2007[br]Yep, Smithy, I’m given to believe the same.
There are other, more clear-cut mispronounciations about which I’ve always got more annoyed, such as the universal rendering of Seebald as "see bald" rather than the "zay-baldt" that his German origins should demand (see also "zum see" instead of "tzum zay" ).
Jeremy<br>(graysonscolumn)
Those ones bug me too Jeremy! I studied German and it’s a language I love, so I always have to grit my teeth when those are mispronounced. <br>
<br>A fellow Germanist, yay! I’ve always said I liked you, BH. :biggrin:  I’m from a German family and did my first degree in the Muttersprache, before discovering the joys of librarianship and racing analysis, in that order.
Another one I thought of this afternoon: it’s "Zing-shpeel", not "Sing-spe-ell", Mr Francome! Grrrr.
gc
The feeling’s mutual GC
<br>How cool you’re from a German family! I only did the A level, but I always preferred it over French by a long way. It’s a beautiful language to speak and to listen to I think. Some wonderful sounds!Oh God I hated German – even though I’d been absolutely desperate to learn it for years as my Dad’s family come from the Black Forest.
I quite liked French to start with but soon disliked it – Spanish is a lovely language though and I am determined to learn it properly – eventually…..
Quote: from Grasshopper on 10:01 pm on Feb. 4, 2007[br]<br>As you say, Boroughhill, it’s a beautiful language………only enhanced by the delightful organ music they generally play over those educational videos. ;) :biggrin:<br>
<br>LOL<br>
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Quote: from Burroughhill on 9:52 pm on Feb. 4, 2007[br]
How cool you’re from a German family! I only did the A level, but I always preferred it over French by a long way. It’s a beautiful language to speak and to listen to I think. Some wonderful sounds! <br>
<br>Shame there are so few opportunities over there to say Hindernisrennen or Hurderennen. An increasingly thin territory jumps-wise….
gc<br>
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
Getting off the racing subject a tad, are you a fan of Rammstein GC? I think they’re terrific! And they wouldn’t sound the same if they sang (and I use the term loosely) in any other language.
Picking your brains, Jeremy. How do you pronouce Jagdrennen? I find myself having to say it surprisingly often now! Is it Jag-d-rennen, or Yarg-drennen, or what?
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