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EU Parliamentary Projection: The End of the Rise of the Right? - Europe Elects (europeelects.eu)
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[-] janNatan@lemmy.ml 21 points 5 months ago

I swear... We English speakers seem to view German compound words as some sort of untranslatable magic. I bet they pronounce it horribly as well.

[-] federalreverse@feddit.de 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It's relatively straightforward to pronounce, "spit-sin-candy-dat" is reasonably close to the German pronunciation.

[-] Microw@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Brb gonna call VdL "candy" quickly

[-] janNatan@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I meant, I bet many English speakers mispronounce the word. Sorry about the confusion.

[-] federalreverse@feddit.de 1 points 5 months ago

Oh, no misunderstanding afaik. I meant to say that the word is not that hard to pronounce even for non-Germans.

[-] janNatan@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

I truly believe you overestimate the pronunciation abilities of non-German English speakers attempting to pronounce German. They will say "spits candidate" and call it a day.

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