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minus-squarejanNatan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 year agoI swear… We English speakers seem to view German compound words as some sort of untranslatable magic. I bet they pronounce it horribly as well.
minus-squarefederalreverse-old@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 year agoIt’s relatively straightforward to pronounce, “spit-sin-candy-dat” is reasonably close to the German pronunciation.
minus-squarejanNatan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoI meant, I bet many English speakers mispronounce the word. Sorry about the confusion.
minus-squarefederalreverse-old@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoOh, no misunderstanding afaik. I meant to say that the word is not that hard to pronounce even for non-Germans.
minus-squarejanNatan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI truly believe you overestimate the pronunciation abilities of non-German English speakers attempting to pronounce German. They will say “spits candidate” and call it a day.
I swear… We English speakers seem to view German compound words as some sort of untranslatable magic. I bet they pronounce it horribly as well.
It’s relatively straightforward to pronounce, “spit-sin-candy-dat” is reasonably close to the German pronunciation.
I meant, I bet many English speakers mispronounce the word. Sorry about the confusion.
Oh, no misunderstanding afaik. I meant to say that the word is not that hard to pronounce even for non-Germans.
I truly believe you overestimate the pronunciation abilities of non-German English speakers attempting to pronounce German. They will say “spits candidate” and call it a day.