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Perhaps based on German pronunciation, but they're not spelled like they are spoken to English people. OBvious examples being things like when the letter 'd' so
by corin_ 15y ago
Perhaps based on German pronunciation, but they're not spelled like they are spoken to English people. OBvious examples being things like when the letter 'd' sounds like an English 't', or 'w' sounds as 'v'.
I never actually learned to speak German, did learn French (can speak it fine, with a very English accent). Slightly odd situation though, I was taught to pronounce German extremely authentically (former professional singer), and didn't found it harder to learn German pronunciation than French.
That said I love the German language, some day when I can be bothered I really do want to learn it; can't quite put into words why I love it, but there's something weirdly special about it. Maybe just because of associations I have with it and certain music, like Bach's St John's Passion.
- mitchty 15y agoThe consonant changes while non-obvious to native english speakers at least are somewhat consistent. Using a different latin character for a sound isn't that big of a deal when learning a language. Once you get to Japanese/Chinese/Korean its normally the least of your concerns. :) Compare and contrast to English pronunciation of things like: moose goose lose loose hose etc/usw... Quite a disparity between the lot of words despite their similarity. Sorry for the thread derailment, i'll go sit in the corner and think about my life.