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Schleswig-Holstein is even harder to pronounce then Massachusetts.
by Aldipower 1y ago
Schleswig-Holstein is even harder to pronounce then Massachusetts.
- shevy-java 1y agoHmmm. I am not sure. "Hol" is short. Stein is like a beer keg or stein beer. Schleswig is a bit awkward of a word. But Holstein should be easier, also there is the Holstein cow, black-white fur.
- baxtr 1y agoWhat about Connecticut though?
- tclancy 1y agoI just go with The Nutmeg State. Much clearer for everyone. (As a RI/ NH New England lifer, I, as is typical of us, think of Connecticut as New York's attic: a place you hide that which you don't need anymore but it would be gauche to throw out.)
- flohofwoe 1y agoArkansas takes the crown I think.
- ralfd 1y agoFor people never hearing an American say that: It is pronounced "Ar-kan-saw". It is written so strangely because it was named by the French and their stupid silent s.
- f1shy 1y agoIs it Ar-kan-saw, or Ar-kan-Sah?
- Polizeiposaune 1y agoThe website of the Arkansas Secretary of State says "Arkansaw" and includes this gem: "During the early days of statehood, Arkansas’ two U.S. Senators were divided on the spelling and pronunciation. One was always introduced as the senator from “ARkanSAW” and the other as the senator from “Ar-KANSAS”. " https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/education/arkansas-history/how-did-arkansas-get-its-name https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/education/arkansas-history/how-...
- baxtr 1y agoFurther down it says: >In 1881, the state’s General Assembly passed resolution 1-4-105 declaring that the state’s name should be spelled “Arkansas” but pronounced “Arkansaw”. The pronunciation preserves the memory of the Indians who were the original inhabitants of our state, while the spelling clearly dictates the nationality of French adventurers who first explored this area. Explains everything…
- qwertfisch 1y agoIf you can read the phonetic alphabet, the pronunciation is given on both the German and English Wikipedia page for Schleswig-Holstein. But the English page gives an English variant, not the original (and correct) German pronunciation.
- jschoe 1y agoIt's quite easy for English speakers. Sh-less-wig Hole-stein or Shlayz-wig Hole-stein.
- timeon 1y ago> Massachusetts If English had proper 'c' (not just fake 'k' or 's') you could simplify it at least to: 'Massačusec'. Similarly 'Schleswig' can be compressed to 'Šleswig'.
- skylurk 1y agoWhy stop there? Maßačusec