[nq:2]Has anyone else noticed that if you pronounce "aeu" in German, it comes out "Oy!"?[/nq] [nq:1]Äu![/nq] Exactly the same in Yorkshire. "Hey you" but with the H dropped.
[nq:1]Has anyone else noticed that if you pronounce "aeu" in German, it comes out "Oy!"?[/nq] No. "eu" comes out "oy." I can't think of a German word with the "äu" sound (that's a-umlaut, for which ae is sometimes written).
That's "oy" as in Heute, Leute, Eutin (city), Europa, Beutel, usw.
{Deleted } [nq:2]Has anyone else noticed that if you pronounce "aeu" in German, it comes out "Oy!"?[/nq] [nq:1]No.[/nq] Yes, it does. [nq:1]"eu" comes out "oy." I can't think of a German word with the "äu" sound (that's a-umlaut, for which ae is sometimes written).[/nq] All three are pronounced identically "oy": , , . [nq:1]That's "oy" as in Heute, Leute, Eutin (city), Euro
[nq:2]Has anyone else noticed that if you pronounce "aeu" in German, it comes out "Oy!"?[/nq] [nq:1]No. "eu" comes out "oy." I can't think of a German word with the "äu" sound (that's a-umlaut, for which ae is sometimes written). That's "oy" as in Heute, Leute, Eutin (city), Europa, Beutel, usw.[/nq] "äu" is always pronounced the same as "eu". Häuser, Mäuschen, etc etc.
Strauss: Sträusse (ostriches) Just trying to be a smart *** ;-) [nq:1]Haus: Häuser (houses) Gaul: Gäule (nags, farm horses Raub: Räuber (robber/s) laut: läuten (to ring a bell)[/nq] BTW, Thank you for the mail. Thomas F. Howald
[nq:2]Has anyone else noticed that if you pronounce "aeu" in German, it comes out "Oy!"?[/nq] [nq:1]No. "eu" comes out "oy." I can't think of a German word with the "äu" sound (that's a-umlaut, for which ae is sometimes written). That's "oy" as in Heute, Leute, Eutin (city), Europa, Beutel, usw.[/nq] You pronounce 'usw' as oy? Also ich nimmer! And I thought we were the weird speller
[nq:2]Has anyone else noticed that if you pronounce "aeu" in German, it comes out "Oy!"?[/nq] [nq:1]No. "eu" comes out "oy." I can't think of a German word with the "äu" sound (that's a-umlaut, for which ae is sometimes written).[/nq] Das Gebäude. GFH
[nq:2]Has anyone else noticed that if you pronounce "aeu" in German, it comes out "Oy!"?[/nq] [nq:1]I can't think of a German word with the "äu" sound (that's a-umlaut, for which ae is sometimes written).[/nq] Then I'm afraid you know very little German.
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"Thomas F. Howald" (Email Removed) wrote in message = [nq:2]=20 For words, see the plurals of words, etc.: =20 Baum: B=E4ume (trees) Strau=DF: Str=E4u=DFe (bouquets, etc.)[/nq] [nq:1]Strauss: Str=E4usse (ostriches)[/nq] According to the Bantam New College German & English Dictionary,=20 while bouquets are Str=E4u=DFe, ostriches are Strau=DFe.