[rollei_list] Re: Pronunciation
- From: "dnygr" <dnygr@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 15:32:13 -0500
In German, "ei" is a dipthong and is pronounced like the english word "eye."
Rolleye. By the way, the word for "eye" is Auge in German.
The Germans say Roll much as we would. There are some differences, but not as
much as there is around the "ei."
Doug
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From: Dennis Purdy <dlp4777@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 13:11:32 -0700
> 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.
>
>All I know for sure is that everyone I hear say it in my neck of the
>woods says Roll E flex.
>Dennis
>
>Then theres them that goes on vacation to cost-a-rica. rhymes with
>lost-ah-meeka
>
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