kipibenkipod
08-15-07, 05:46 AM
Hi,
Do you pronounce Schwalbe like this: shelbi ?
Tnx
Do you pronounce Schwalbe like this: shelbi ?
Tnx
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Creamcrackered
08-15-07, 06:33 AM
I think it's "Sch" as in sh*t, "wal" as in Walmart and "be" as in bee.
kipibenkipod
08-15-07, 07:05 AM
I think it's "Sch" as in sh*t, "wal" as in Walmart and "be" as in bee.
So I need to pronounce the 'w' .
Opinions?
So I need to pronounce the 'w' .
Opinions?
markf
08-15-07, 07:38 AM
"w" in German is pronounced like "v" in English, the "e" at the end would be like the English short "e". So it should sound like "shvalbeh". Schwalbe is German for "swallow" (the bird, not the act of swallowing).
Sebach
08-15-07, 07:58 AM
I usually pronounce it like Cream does. Then again, I say it about 0.001 times per month. I switched from pronouncing it with a "V" sound to saying it with a "W" sound though. Sometimes when I said it with a "V" sound, I would add "mein Fuhrer/freund/tochter," "Auchtung," "Sheiza," or something at the end (as I usually do when throwing in a touch of Deutsch; I like to couple things). I thought it might offend people, so I switched to the more Anglophone pronunciation. :)
NoReg
08-15-07, 09:05 AM
I'm with Cream, as is my local bike shop. Those of you who go with V pronunciation presumable are of the timid form who pronounce Paris Pah ree, Warsaw Rackow, etc... English has always proudly pronounced names it's own way, but there aren't any rules these days.
Radfahrer
08-15-07, 09:39 AM
markf has the correct phonetics!
HardyWeinberg
08-15-07, 09:43 AM
"w" in German is pronounced like "v" in English, the "e" at the end would be like the English short "e". So it should sound like "shvalbeh". Schwalbe is German for "swallow" (the bird, not the act of swallowing).
How do you put a Canadian accent on that?
How do you put a Canadian accent on that?
becnal
08-15-07, 11:58 AM
"w" in German is pronounced like "v" in English, the "e" at the end would be like the English short "e". So it should sound like "shvalbeh". Schwalbe is German for "swallow" (the bird, not the act of swallowing).
Yep!
Yep!
skingry
08-15-07, 12:18 PM
How do you put a Canadian accent on that?
Yes add an 'A' to the end with a hint of inflection towards the end... sort of like a exclamation type question. So phonetically it would be 'shu-Wal-be ey', or spelled out 'Schwalbe Ey?'.
:)
Yes add an 'A' to the end with a hint of inflection towards the end... sort of like a exclamation type question. So phonetically it would be 'shu-Wal-be ey', or spelled out 'Schwalbe Ey?'.
:)
HardyWeinberg
08-15-07, 12:38 PM
I wonder if they should just change the spelling to Schwalbeh?
becnal
08-15-07, 02:56 PM
I wonder if they should just change the spelling to Schwalbeh?
Nope, cause then Germans would say "shvalbay".
Nope, cause then Germans would say "shvalbay".