As far as I know, the most common German pronunciation for Libyen (the country of Libya) is /'ly:bi@en/, i.e., as if spelled Lybien. Similarly, the adjective libysch is commonly pronounced /'ly:bIS/ (like lübisch meaning “of Lübeck”).

On tagesschau, the prestigious German news show, it seems to be house style to pronounce it the way it’s spelled ( Read more... )

For Amy, them seems to have no distinct strong form; instead, she has generalised the weak form /ðəm/ (for her, [dəm]) for the strong form as well.

For example, recently we were looking at a car where the windows on our side had frost on them and we couldn’t see inside; she suggested, “Let’s see whether there’s frost on the other windows, ( Read more... )

In der Tagesschau war neulich von der Büste der Nofretete die Rede; der Sprecher sprach sie wie „büßte“ aus.

Ich hätte jetzt „Büsste“ getipt (auf „wüsste“) reimend. Ist das wieder ein Fall, wo mein persönlicher Dialekt sich nicht mit Hochdeutsch deckt (wie z.B. in „Erde“)?

Aber ein Blick in den Duden sagt mir, das Wort sei „Bụ̈|ste“ und ( Read more... )

So apparently palette (the thing an artist keeps their paint on) is pronounced /ˈpælɪt/ (rhymes with mallet or, for that matter, pallet, as in the thing that you stack goods and and carry with a forklift).

I had always assumed it was a /pəˈlɛt/ (puh-LET), à la française.

Whodathunkit.