- Sh-wee-zer 2) Sh-why-zer 3) Sh-weh-zer 4) Sh-wae-zer This should be one of the questions on the exam
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I only answer in a-d format. b
I originally thought 3, based upon the spelling. I don’t see how there could be a “y” sound in there… I’ve actually called them and asked them 2 times about the pronunciation and each time the person on the other end gave me a different answer. One person said Sh-way-zer. The other said Sh-why-zer.
Yeah, I thought it was 3 (or C, for doworkson) until when I called them they said sh-way-zer, and then I heard someone else say sh-why-zer. So I thought it was sh-why-zer this whole time until a Stalla instructor said sh-wEEEEE-zer. any germans on this forum??
No germans. Only Ze Germans
I thought it is 3 if your going for the canadian sound with eh I pronounce it like Schwayzer
the “w” is a soft “v”… you don’t say “wolkswagen” do you??
what about the 2nd w in volkswagen? how come we pronounce the 2nd w like a w?
…because were american and this gives us the right to pronounce things as we please.
Shhh - Vay - Zer. IMHO, but I really dont know…
German = “SHVAYzer” American English = “Shwaizerrrrrrrrrr” (like the Bud-weis-errrrr commercials) New England English = “Shweeza” Stalla rep = “losers”
topher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > what about the 2nd w in volkswagen? how come we > pronounce the 2nd w like a w? Same reason why people pronounce “Lowenbrau” (the beer) as “Low-win-brow” here, among other reasons. In Germany, you’d hear “Folks-vah-gin” and “Luh-ven-broy”
sorry…didn’t realize how poorly my last post read. what i meant to say was: People in this country pronounce “Volkswagen” as “Volks-wagon” the same reason why people pronounce “Lowenbrau” (the beer) as “Low-win-brow” here, among other things – I guess we just naturally pronounce things we see as though they were English words. In Germany, you’d hear “Folks-vah-gin” and “Luh-ven-broy”
Would it be too much if I, in Canada, were talking to others about Schweser and pronounced it the harsh German way? Sch-vay-ze
I’ve heard: “bet - ter than stal - la”
Lol, you guys are killing me. “Luhvenbroy”"? Wtf? “Schvayze” Please, stop … It sounds like when we were five and pretended to speak French. Zhokwi duqwi, madam. In German, Schweser is pronounced “shweze”. “Schweiser” would be pronounced “shwayze”. Lovenbrau is pronounced “loevenbrau”. I can’t think of anything that would be pronounced with “broy” at the end. Luhvenbroy, man, that’ll stay with me for some time …
FourCastles - I’m guessing you don’t really speak German and probably have not visited Germany before. That’s okay. The “W” in German is most certainly pronounced as a “V,” and your example about “Schweiser” pronounced as “shwayze” is simply incorrect as well - German is a very phonetically consistent and “ei” is ALWAYS pronounced as “EYE” would be in the English language. The only German words containing the “long-E” sound in English have “ie” (most frequently) or “i” (less often). As well, “Lowenbrau” is clearly pronounced as “Luh-ven-broy” – note the umlauts as follows: Löwenbräu. Maybe my English phoneticization doesn’t do justice to the word, but Google tells me that the company website even has an audio clip teaching you how to pronounce it. Of course, if you say “loe-ven-brau” in Germany, most people would understand you – simply because the Germans (at least of our generation) speak better English than most people in this country, and there are plenty of tourists in Bavaria at all times of the year.
I usually pronounce it “couds I hav a nuther Lowenk…, lowenbrub, loowankbrew - biir pleeze mate… [hic]”
LICandidate Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I thought it is 3 if your going for the canadian > sound with eh > > I pronounce it like Schway-zer Thats the way Schweser staff would pronounce it.