[rollei_list] Re: Pronunciation
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 16:21:25 -0400
At 04:11 PM 5/28/2008, Dennis Purdy wrote:
> Sorry for this stupid question. I would have never guessed that
>anyone would not pronounce Rolleiflex like Roll E Flex. Roll Film
>Reflex. But it seems there are a great many who pronounce the word as
>Raughlie or Rawlie. Or Raughlieflex. I have been assured that is
>the way it is pronounced in Germany. Is that true? It seems there
>are even those who say Rrawl eye or Rawl A.
Dear heavens!
As a general rule, German pronounces two vowels
falling together by the second one. Those,
"Rollei" is properly pronounced "roll-eye" in
English and not "roll-ee". Pronounce the i, not the e.
A Germanophone would probably pronounce the o
further back in the throat than would an
Anglophone but this varies a bit by region.
Marc
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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