• @[email protected]
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    218 months ago

    I swear… We English speakers seem to view German compound words as some sort of untranslatable magic. I bet they pronounce it horribly as well.

    • federalreverse-old
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      8 months ago

      It’s relatively straightforward to pronounce, “spit-sin-candy-dat” is reasonably close to the German pronunciation.

      • @[email protected]
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        8 months ago

        I meant, I bet many English speakers mispronounce the word. Sorry about the confusion.

        • federalreverse-old
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          18 months ago

          Oh, no misunderstanding afaik. I meant to say that the word is not that hard to pronounce even for non-Germans.

          • @[email protected]
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            28 months ago

            I truly believe you overestimate the pronunciation abilities of non-German English speakers attempting to pronounce German. They will say “spits candidate” and call it a day.