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and ch doesn't make a k sound, not even close.
Aaah, thanks, I had a hard time to figure out what is supposed to be funny here.
I'm fairly certain the German ch sound doesn't exist in English
Made even worse by the fact that depending on the word it can make two different sounds and neither of them exist in English
In some areas people pronounce an initial ch as a k, like kina instead china. But apart from that neither of the two actual ch sounds exists in English.
Und often enough, ch is pronounced (t)sh, like China, duchess, choose or Apache.
Unless youβre a Berliner, but then you have to wonder why your baked goods are talking, and why they insist on being called Pfannkuchen instead.
Coming back to this thread, because sometimes it actually is pronounced as a k
e.g. Fuchs, Lachs, wachsen
tbf, it usually is not a k, and most importantly it isn't in this context
Yeah, but only in combination with an s, so it's chs that's pronounced as ks.
oooh good point
Well it is close, though. A velar fricative versus a velar plosive. Both unvoiced.
That's not a valid comparison at all, and it's not pedantic to point that out no matter how preemptively you claim that it is.
Bilapial β lapiodental! It's not that hard to understand.
The entire similarity between K and the German Ch is based on them both being velar (and unvoiced). You're crafting a strawman by focusing on the "fricative and plosive" manner while ignoring that the sound is made at the same place.
S and T are almost a better comparison because they're both technically alveolar, but that ignores the fact that S has a dental component. Try making a T sound and then an S sound without moving your teeth. It won't work.
Korean for example doesn't have an F sound, a lot of loanwords that have an F sound use P instead, France turns into Prangseu and coffee to copy.
In Dutch, a T is sometimes pronounced S
Politie (police) is pronounced polisie for example
In the word politiek (politics) it remains a T sound
Democratie -> democrasie
Etcetera
You find that in a lot of european languages, even in English almost everything that ends in -tion is pronounced -shon.
Go back to school.
This is about German, not English
It is about English, because the whole joke is how it sounds in English.
the statement you replied to was about how ch sounds in german though
Yes, such as in the word school .
I guess it depends on the word. Dich 100% sounds like it would be Dick compared to a Dish or Ditch pronunciation of ch though.
I used to... until I heard someone read it aloud one day.
I see. So it's kina, dukess, koose and Apake? Gotta have a word with some english teakers, brb.
anarchy, character, chemistry, echo, orchestra, scheme, anchor, chameleon, chasm, chlorine, chord, epoch, hierarchy, chiropractor, chorus, archive, chaos, school, schedule, stomach, ache, psychology, mechanic.
Yep. Ch as k- sound exists in english. So does ch as (t)sh. So it's your choosing how you want to pronounce ch in foreign languages (and both are wrong)
Wow, almost like the whole meme is around how it sounds like dick when pronounced that way. You're almost at the part where you're ready to understand the joke, keep going I believe in you.
Na. Some people just want to see dicks everywhere. So much so, that you intentionally have to misread foreign languages.
Nothing wrong with seeing dicks everywhere. Iβm even seeing one in my inbox as we speak.
And the sentence sounds like βWeβre sucking dickβ to English speakers, itβs funny. Weβre allowed to laugh at how similar it sounds. Feel free to laugh at any English sentences that sound like something in German.
I don't mind dicks. This joke is just too constructed.
It's really not, in English it sounds exactly like that. It requires no extra effort to read it as such.
You can't take it when someone doesn't find something funny you find funny, can you? I find it overconstructed and therefore not funny.
Mate, I'm not the one who came here to complain to me.
No, you came here to complain to zaphod.
No, I made a joke about school having the k/ch sound.
Yeah, sure, a joke...
Now you're just making stuff up and I have better things to do then argue with someone who doesn't get that others have a different humor. Take that stick out your ass, I'm having a better day.
Yes a joke, specifically choosing a word that has the pronunciation/spelling in question.
Jog on already.
I just so happen to have passed by one of my old schools, what should I do next?