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I've always pronounced it the same as Basel, the city in Switzerland.
by menage 5y ago
I've always pronounced it the same as Basel, the city in Switzerland.
- elygre 5y agoUh, the way the Swiss pronounce Basel, or the way the English do?
- drcongo 5y agoIt's pronounced baal I believe.
- kybernetikos 5y agoIn French but not in Swiss German.
- drcongo 5y agoDidn't know that, thanks!
- Spare_account 5y ago>the way the Swiss pronounce Basel You may have been making a veiled reference to the fact that the Swiss pronounce it three different ways themselves, but just in case you weren't: https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTopic-g188049-i752-k2842412-How_is_it_really_pronounced-Basel.html https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTopic-g188049-i752-k284241... >The locals say without any doubt "Basel" with a long "a". So do the germans. >So, in american it is something like "Baahsel" >Some english folks pronounce it "Baahl", so do the french, who write it "Bâle". >In italian, by the way, it is "Basilea".
- cynix 5y ago> The locals say without any doubt "Basel" with a long "a". I always find “long ‘a’” very unclear. Is it long like “ate” or long like “art”?
- Spare_account 5y agoIn the specific context of 'Basel', it's like "art", but I see your point.
- Joker_vD 5y agoI swear, the early English grammarians did quite some damage calling the ej sound "long "a". I understand why they did that, but it really screws up any talk about comparing different languages: what pretty much everyone else calls "long "a" is the a:/ɑ: sound (or something very close to it) — which is actually long, compared to a/ɑ.
- menage 5y agoThe way the Swiss Germans pronounce "Basel", not the way the French and English pronounce "Basle".