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