[rollei_list] Re: Pronunciation
- From: "dnygr" <dnygr@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 15:40:02 -0500
Yes. The ie is a dipthong, as are au and ei.
Yes, the German speaker would also pronounce the l differently.
We say it with the tongue at the top of the mouth about midway forward. The
Germans say it with the tongue closer to the teeth.
The r and the l pose problems for American speakers.
Doug
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From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-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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