Doesn't that mean it's a cheap Pakistani IMPROVEMENT on the Bergischer Loewe? (Man, I have to set up some kind of Umlaut macro or something...)
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I'm wondering if Robin is hitting the schnapps tonight ? Pronounced to rhyme with cops. :D
Online dictionaries might help, e.g. dict.cc | schleifen | Deutsch-Wörterbuch. German pronunciation - the standard German dialect, that is - is mostly very easy, ie "you pronounce it as it is written" according to this set of rules: German phonology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Same for English, only you have know Old and Middle English, and understand things like the Great Vowel Shift - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - then it all becomes clear, even things like "knight" (kni:çt) ;)
I don't know how often this comes up in the straight razor world, but I feel there is one more VERY IMPORTANT thing to point out.
ß is is no way related to B. It functions as a double s, but the two are not interchangeable. And it isn't at the beginning of any words, so if you can't tell due to script or something, anything at the beginning is a B, anything in the middle or at the end is a ß
z.B. Weiß = White
Bunt = Colorful
This is about the extent of my German, through music and wine:
Einstürzende Neubauten
Kalte Farben
Haujobb
Winterkälte
Das Ich
I love me some gewürztraminer and reisling, too. :)
As long as we're on stuff we miss from Germany: Rausch. And the Schokoladen Bar at KDW.
How about some moderne deutsche Musik? Clueso, Subway to Sally, Sportfreunde Stiller, Peter Fox, Sido, usw.
Gentlemen,
Thanks to the learned Robin for starting this thread. I am delighted with the language information. This is great stuff. And thank you all for your input.
I am tempted to start my own thread on Aramaic, the language of the Assyrians, of whom I am one, but I have yet to see a razor with Assyrian markings. Also, my computer types only in English. Oh, well . . .
Aveetoon raaba basime (Thank you very much)
Regards,
Obie