Zone1 how do you pronounce Epstein?

[Zebra]

and often the vowel is the same, just spelled differently

Rhein = Rhine
fein = fine
Wein = wine
weit = wide

etc etc

 

[braalian]

How about Weiner?

In German this would be pronounced “viner”, rhyming with liner

 

[Zebra]

In German, “ei” is always pronounced “aye” like the letter I, and “ie” is always pronounced “ee” like the letter E

This doesn’t always carry over when German words are said in English

Epstein should have changed is name to Epsteen, if he is so keen to have the stein said as steen ....

 

[Zebra]

In German this would be pronounced “viner”, rhyming with liner

true!

 

[braalian]

true!

German pronunciation is very consistent, unlike English

 

[Zebra]

and Jill Stein .... is she a stine or a steen for you?

 

[Zebra]

and Einstein, is he an Einsteen or an Einstine for you?

 

[Zebra]

German pronunciation is very consistent, unlike English

mostly

but strangely eu and äu are pronounced oi

 

[Zebra]

and Einstein, is he an Einsteen or an Einstine for you?

Google says he is an Ine.stine, not an Een.steen.

meaning ... one stone

 

[Zebra]

In German this would be pronounced “viner”, rhyming with liner

and a Wiener is pronounced as veener, meaning a sausage or a person from Vienna = Wien

 

[ReinyDays]

and do you say Einsteen or Einstine for Einstein?

How did the professor himself pronounce it? ... how did Jeffery pronounce his name? ...

Like pronouncing the /r/ in my username ... you could, but it would sound funny ...

 

[braalian]

and a Wiener is pronounced as veener, meaning a sausage or a person from Vienna = Wien

Weiner Wald = the woods around Vienna

 

[Zebra]

Weiner Wald = the woods around Vienna

you mean Wienerwald
a Weiner would be a person who weeps ...

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

beide = both

maybe there are more of those

Ancient Rome Pronounced V as W

By the way, why does German pronounce W as V, when it already has a V, as in verboten?

I had the same question about Latin, using a PH when it already had an F. The answer was that PH wasn't pronounced "F"; both in Greek and Latin it was actually pronounced the way it was spelled, as in "flophouse." So "hyphen" would be pronounced "hype hen."

 

[Zebra]

our v can also be said like f

verboten is ferboten

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

you mean Wienerwald
a Weiner would be a person who weeps ...

Vons Are the Ones Who Need a "Final Solution"

Many of those who call others "whiners" would whine themselves if their unearned privileges were taken away.

In the George Peppard movie, The Blue Max, a plebeian World War One pilot attempts to rise in class because of his natural talent, even getting to have sex with a Countess (Ursula Andress). That's why he was killed by his own titled officers. The hereditary ruling class were the ones who stabbed the Germans in the back, not the Jewish scapegoats.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

and Jill Stein .... is she a stine or a steen for you?

Harvard Heiress from the Sheltered Suburbs

In a democratic country, she and the other Trustfundee Treehuggers would be powerless and unknown.

 

[Zebra]

Harvard Heiress from the Sheltered Suburbs

In a democratic country, she and the other Trustfundee Treehuggers would be powerless and unknown.

i was only asking because of ei or ie

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

i was only asking because of ei or ie

Degrees of Separation from Reality

In English, ei is often pronounced "ay," as in neighbor and weigh. Also, sheik is pronounced the same as "shake." Our Diploma Dumbo media don't know that. College "Education" Is an Obvious Fraud.

By the way, does German have many homophones? English has an incredible number of them, which is why we have so many irregular spellings. EAK is pronounced like "week" except in break and steak, because of their homophones.

 

[Zebra]

Degrees of Separation from Reality

In English, ei is often pronounced "ay," as in neighbor and weigh. Also, sheik is pronounced the same as "shake." Our Diploma Dumbo media don't know that. College "Education" Is an Obvious Fraud.

By the way, does German have many homophones? English has an incredible number of them, which is why we have so many irregular spellings. EAK is pronounced like "week" except in break and steak, because of their homophones.

yes, German also has homophones, but fewer than English

example ...
Seite is page
Saite is string on a violin