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Thu Jan-13-05 12:31 PM
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How do you pronounce "Rohrau" (the town in Austria)? |
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Thu Jan-13-05 12:35 PM
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1. Like Scooby-Doo or Astro Jetson saying "uh-oh"??? |
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Thu Jan-13-05 02:16 PM
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<--- Astro says that works!
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Thu Jan-13-05 12:36 PM
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2. row-row-row-your-boat? |
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Thu Jan-13-05 12:36 PM
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3. That was my theory, and what I told my students... |
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But I'm still not quite sure. :)
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Thu Jan-13-05 12:37 PM
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4. I'd pronounce it this way. |
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First syllable as in "row, row, row your boat"
Second syllable as in "they had a row" (fight) rhymes with OW!
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Thu Jan-13-05 12:37 PM
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Thu Jan-13-05 12:47 PM
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I am a German teacher and can tell you how to pronounce it.
Rohr (1st syllable) au (2nd syllable)
Rohr (just like roar) au (just like 'ow') = roar-ow
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Thu Jan-13-05 01:07 PM
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9. Yes, actually, I'm serious. |
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I'm teaching my music class about the classical music period, and Rohrau is Haydn's birthplace. Thanks for your help!
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Fri Jan-14-05 09:54 AM
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28. I'm glad I could be of assistance |
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Thu Jan-13-05 12:48 PM
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Thu Jan-13-05 12:51 PM
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8. I don't know, but afterwards you spit. (nt) |
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Thu Jan-13-05 01:53 PM
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10. Just why is it Americans make fun of other people's language so |
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often?
Especially since most Americans know no other languages... Other people are proud to speak a foreign language or more than one. I really wonder. And I don't like it if I may say so. For me that's not a sign of respect.
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Thu Jan-13-05 02:28 PM
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13. This American speaks German |
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and some Spanish plus a wee bit of French and Russian. I find that most Americans have an anti-German bias. It's pretty sad, but we are a 'knee-jerk' people after-all.
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Thu Jan-13-05 02:41 PM
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14. Some people I was with on a trip to Germany kept making fun of a bank |
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Sparkasse, they kept laughing and saying 'spark assey'. It was mildly amusing at first, but it got old real quick.
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:33 PM
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Good thing that they didn't see Assmanshäuser Rotwein then....
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:45 PM
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20. LOL, now that's amusing. |
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Assman . . . hah. Good wine?
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:47 PM
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:58 PM
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22. "Ausfahrt" is really just a normal word. IF you speak the language... |
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:spank:
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Thu Jan-13-05 04:04 PM
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24. Na, jah. Was kann ich den sagen? |
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Es ist eine recht lustige Wort.
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Thu Jan-13-05 04:05 PM
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25. Exit for cars . . . or anything that drives . . . kinda |
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Edited on Thu Jan-13-05 04:59 PM by da_chimperor
The thing that gets my goat about German is often it's hard to nail down the meaning in English. So much depends on the context and all that . . . it's a pain in the ass, but I still enjoy learning it. I've got a test next week I'm NOT looking forward to. :scared:
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Thu Jan-13-05 04:09 PM
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26. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. Or "press my thumbs" as we say. |
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:hi:
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Thu Jan-13-05 04:14 PM
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Assmanshäuser Teufelsberg.
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Thu Jan-13-05 02:46 PM
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15. So you are better than most :) please tell me what "knee-jerk" means? |
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And I don't really so much look down on people who don't speak other languages than their own as I dislike it when they look down on other languages.
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Thu Jan-13-05 02:49 PM
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knee-jerk (njûrk) adj. Slang
1. Easily predictable; automatic: “quick, easy laughs and knee-jerk responses” (New York). 2. Reacting spontaneously in the expected manner: a knee-jerk cynic.
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:14 PM
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*repeats three times*
Knee-jerk Knee-jerk Knee-jerk
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Fri Jan-14-05 09:58 AM
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29. not an anti-German bias but... |
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Edited on Fri Jan-14-05 09:59 AM by amazona
I am of German heritage but they kind of discourage you from learning German with all this talk of low German, high German, Bavarian German, etc. Another traveler told me that when she tried to speak German in Bavaria, they just took pity on her and said, "Please stick to English!" I figure I am just going to have to bumble by with a few basic words and sign language and hope for the best.
On edit -- am hoping I get a chance to scoot over to Austria during my visit but who knows.
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Thu Jan-13-05 04:02 PM
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In Brazil we make fun of every language in the world, with the possible exceptions of Zulu and Inuit.
And don't get me started on Portugal's variant of Portuguese.
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Thu Jan-13-05 02:24 PM
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12. Row (as in row boat, low 'O') - row (the 'ow' pronounced as ow, high 'O') |
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Edited on Thu Jan-13-05 02:33 PM by da_chimperor
More or less, you'll still sound like an Auslander, but they'll understand you . . . :D
edit: Dzimbowicz's explanation is better than mine, go with that one.
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Fri Jan-14-05 10:01 AM
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Interesting name. 'Rohr' means pipe, as in sewer pipe.
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Fri Jan-14-05 10:25 AM
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31. True it means pipe. But it also means reed while an "Au" is a meadow. |
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So Rohrau probably means a moist place with a brook or river.
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Fri Jan-14-05 10:26 AM
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never been there, no plans to go.
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