opposide [none/use name] to politics • edit-24 years agoRemember John Boehner? The guy who claimed his last name was pronounced “Bayner”message-squaremessage-square16 fedilinkarrow-up172file-text
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minus-squarestar_wraith [he/him]hexbear5·4 years agoWe have some German comrades here, maybe they can confirm the pronunciation? link
minus-squareinfuziSporg [e/em/eir]hexbear2·4 years agoIt's like saying "burner" with an English accent. link
minus-squareeduardog3000 [he/him]hexbear2·edit-24 years agoI'm not German, but Boehner is a respelling of Böhner and ö isn't really pronounced like the o in boner. Here's some random German girl teaching how to pronounce ö. Kind of like "ur" but with a way more subtle r. So not boner, but also not bayner. link
We have some German comrades here, maybe they can confirm the pronunciation?
It's like saying "burner" with an English accent.
I'm not German, but Boehner is a respelling of Böhner and ö isn't really pronounced like the o in boner.
Here's some random German girl teaching how to pronounce ö. Kind of like "ur" but with a way more subtle r. So not boner, but also not bayner.