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Snarf Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Meister vs. Myster (a slang spelling query)
There's a German word, "meister," which means master of a craft of something that is sometimes used in the English slang, often sarcastically, but the spelling "meister" isn't found in the English dictionary (because it's not English) and Word underlines it red as a spelling mistake. In fact, so does this html box that I'm writing in right now. So can it be spelled more like it sounds, then, since "meister" looks like it's pronounced "maister," anyway, which is not what I'm going for? That is, can it be spelled "myster" with a "y" for the proper "my" sound, instead of the "ei" which doesn't translate well into English? I want people to be able to pronounce it properly so as to know what I'm talking about. For example:
"He was a real chess-myster!"
Or:
"Yeah, let's all be coward-mysters!"
Thanks.
"He was a real chess-myster!"
Or:
"Yeah, let's all be coward-mysters!"
Thanks.
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Generally speaking, inventing your own spelling is not a good idea. Clive
- Generally speaking, inventing your own spelling is not a good idea.
- Clive
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myster pronounced in English would be like mister.
If you are going to use a German word, that's OK. Frequently foreign language words are used in text if it makes a particular point. Otherwise, if you are going for the meaning, not the pronunciation, just use the English word "master."
For "meister", educated people will recognize that you mean the first word in the compound
If you are going to use a German word, that's OK. Frequently foreign language words are used in text if it makes a particular point. Otherwise, if you are going for the meaning, not the pronunciation, just use the English word "master."
For "meister", educated people will recognize that you mean the first word in the compound
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