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It's not at all unusual for English-language press to anglicize names.
by monerozcash 11mo ago
It's not at all unusual for English-language press to anglicize names.
- steve1977 11mo agoBut it's not any more anglicized than Habsburg would be. I mean, English does have a letter B, doesn't it? And as far as I know, the difference between B and P is the same as in German.
- monerozcash 11mo agoThe first "B" in "Habsburg" is pronounced rather more like the letter "P" than the letter "B".
- steve1977 11mo agoNot where I live (which is near Habsburg). I would pronounce it the same as the B in -burg. Where are you from (if you care to answer, no problem if not)
- monerozcash 11mo agoThat's interesting, I'm not originally German but went to school in Berlin since I was 7 and always heard it pronounced as "Haaps-burk". I'd think this is just because of how final obstruent devoicing works in German, to me it just seems like the obvious natural way to pronounce the word.
- gsf_emergency_6 11mo agoDevoicing is more common in northern dialects https://youtu.be/9-BBgc_uBZQ?t=1m11s https://youtu.be/9-BBgc_uBZQ?t=1m11s Seems to be there tho just very subtle EDIT: it's why GP is not "steffi1977" XD