It's the same sound all the way through, not a diphtong.

Post #153,816 by CRConrad 5/5/04 2:44:00 AM Reply	It's the same sound all the way through, not a diphtong. Which is the trouble with "boat"; the vowel sound there starts out as one thing after the 'b', and ends up as something else just before the 't'. So, in that respect, das German "Boot" is more like the English "boot", where you also have the same single vowel sound all the way -- only trouble is, it's not the same sound; the English 'oo' in "boot" sounds much more "sissy". (Because it is pronounced farther to the front of your mouth, I think.) The German one is "deeper" or "darker" or... Ah, fuck knows how to express this shit in words. All in all, though, I'd say the closest you can get to das German "Boot" in written English is "bawt"; i.e, the word "awe" sandwiched in between a 'b' and a 't'. (Where, in a charming display of the logic and consistency of English spelling, the two letters 'a' and 'w' denote a single sound.) HTH! [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575\|Ashton Brown]
Post #153,819 by Meerkat 5/5/04 5:07:04 AM Reply	Two letters denote a single sound? How about... ...Four. "Bought". From an Australian point of view that'd be the same as b-awe-t. But a generic American-accented 'bought' would be more akin to an Australian 'bart'...or, hmm - actually you're quite right: Ah, fuck knows how to express this shit in words. (That'd be an lrpd candidate if the lrpd hadn't taken a vow of non-potty-mouthedness...) Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
Post #153,820 by admin 5/5/04 7:39:07 AM Reply	Interesting... That doesn't sound at all like the pronunciation sound files I've come across. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #153,824 by boxley 5/5/04 9:39:22 AM Reply	Asking CRC how to say something is like asking truman capote how to say gaiter. Brilliant linguist (like CRC) but southern spoken. CRC is southern via sweden and finland. I have heard the oldenburg (saxony) folks call it bot where the o is like the english bot in robot with a slight u flavor to the o. thanx, bill attempting to explain profiling doesn't require one to take a position for or against it any more than attempting to explain gravity requires one to be for or against gravity. Walter Williams questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #153,909 by CRConrad 5/5/04 5:24:46 PM Reply	Yah, well, as the BOx sez, "with a slight u flavor to the o" But HTF do you write that?!?() Or, alternatively, "like the english bot in robot" -- only A) longer, and B) provided it's Cultured British English were talking about. ('Coz otherwise it'd become too much like "baht", and WTF does the Thai currency have to do with this?) HT... Nah, OK, it probably won't; but I did* try my best. (): Yeah, yeah, I know -- like this: "with a slight u flavor to the o"! [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad]* (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575\|Ashton Brown]

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