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minus-squareTachanka [comrade/them]hexagonhexbear2·1 year agofor the record how should it be pronounced? link
minus-squareUmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]hexbear6·1 year agoThe vowels are correct, but the German "ch" sound doesn't really exist in English. This is a 60 second explanation if you're curious. That's the sound at the end of "Reich", I get why English-speakers just pronounce it as "k" but it really isn't close at all. link
minus-squareTachanka [comrade/them]hexagonhexbear4·1 year agosounds like a palatal fricative ('ç' on this chart) I would explain that to English speakers as a making a "sh" sound but with the tongue on back of the roof of the mouth instead of behind the teeth. Is that right? link
for the record how should it be pronounced?
The vowels are correct, but the German "ch" sound doesn't really exist in English. This is a 60 second explanation if you're curious.
That's the sound at the end of "Reich", I get why English-speakers just pronounce it as "k" but it really isn't close at all.
sounds like a palatal fricative ('ç' on this chart)
I would explain that to English speakers as a making a "sh" sound but with the tongue on back of the roof of the mouth instead of behind the teeth. Is that right?