My highschool German teacher told to pucker our lips as if to kiss a
canary. <g>

Dennis Kibbe

Bryce C wrote:
  > Danke.  I found a German professor that taught it to me.
  >
  > On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 20:58, der.hans wrote:
  >
  >>Am 20. Feb, 2003 schwätzte Bryce C so:
  >>
  >>
  >>>What is the correct pronounciation of  über as in übergeek?
  >>>Is it
  >>>(YOU)ber
  >>>or
  >>>(OOOH)ber
  >>>?
  >>
  >>I suck at phonetics.
  >>
  >>As others posted it's a sound that doesn't really exist in english.
  >>
  >>It's definitely not the former. The latter isn't quite correct
either. Try a
  >>short version of the latter.
  >>
  >>ciao,
  >>
  >>der.hans
  >