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bbernardini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 12:31 PM
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How do you pronounce "Rohrau" (the town in Austria)?
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 12:35 PM
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1. Like Scooby-Doo or Astro Jetson saying "uh-oh"???
:shrug:
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 02:16 PM
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11. "Rohrau Reorge"
<--- Astro says that works!
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 12:36 PM
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2. row-row-row-your-boat?
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bbernardini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 12:36 PM
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3. That was my theory, and what I told my students...
But I'm still not quite sure. :)
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 12:37 PM
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4. I'd pronounce it this way.
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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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 12:37 PM
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5. Row - Raaal
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Dzimbowicz Donating Member (911 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 12:47 PM
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6. If this is serious...
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

Did this help?
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bbernardini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 01:07 PM
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9. Yes, actually, I'm serious.
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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Dzimbowicz Donating Member (911 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-05 09:54 AM
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28. I'm glad I could be of assistance
:)
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MrModerate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 12:48 PM
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7. Me? I never do.
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore 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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neweurope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore 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
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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LeftCoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 02:28 PM
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13. This American speaks German
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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da_chimperor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore 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
Sparkasse, they kept laughing and saying 'spark assey'. It was mildly amusing at first, but it got old real quick.
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Kellanved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 03:33 PM
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19. heh
Good thing that they didn't see Assmanshäuser Rotwein then....
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da_chimperor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 03:45 PM
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20. LOL, now that's amusing.
Assman . . . hah. Good wine?
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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 03:47 PM
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21. Or "Ausfahrt"
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neweurope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 03:58 PM
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22. "Ausfahrt" is really just a normal word. IF you speak the language...


:spank:


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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 04:04 PM
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24. Na, jah. Was kann ich den sagen?
Es ist eine recht lustige Wort.
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da_chimperor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 04:05 PM
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25. Exit for cars . . . or anything that drives . . . kinda
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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neweurope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore 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.
:hi:

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Kellanved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 04:14 PM
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27. one of the very best
Assmanshäuser Teufelsberg.
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neweurope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore 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?
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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LeftCoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 02:49 PM
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16. Knee-jerk
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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neweurope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 03:14 PM
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18. Thank you!
*repeats three times*

Knee-jerk
Knee-jerk
Knee-jerk

:hi:

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amazona Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-05 09:58 AM
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29. not an anti-German bias but...
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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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 04:02 PM
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23. This is universal
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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da_chimperor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore 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')
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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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 02:49 PM
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17. Roar - Ow
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trogdor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-05 10:01 AM
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30. ROAR-ow
Interesting name. 'Rohr' means pipe, as in sewer pipe.
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neweurope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore 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.
So Rohrau probably means a moist place with a brook or river.

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CarpeVeritas Donating Member (164 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-05 10:26 AM
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32. i don't.
never been there, no plans to go.
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LiviaOlivia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 03:49 AM
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33. kick
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