[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] GARY WARNER - UMLAUT in ENGLISH

[shoning at att.net]

Gary,

A couple of additional hints:

Sound the ö like the o in military rank, "colnel".

Sound the ü as Otto suggested, but round your lips as if you were going to say "oh".

George Shoning






-------------- Original message from Otto <otto at schienke.com>: -------------- 


> > GARY ASKED: 
> 
> > Please, it you would, tell me and the rest of the list, the proper 
> > way to say words that include an ä,ö,ü, and ß. 
> 
> A following vowel dictates the use of an umlaut. (moving from the 
> gutteral back of the throat to the front of the tongue) 
> The following examples will sound it out in English for you. 
> 
> Umlaut ä = English long 'a' sound. (German regular 'a' is pronounced 
> as 'ah', as in "ah, yes.") 
> 
> Umlaut ö = English sound is the same as the beginning of 'ai-r' (the 
> "air" is fresh-skip the 'r' sound and you have it) 
> 
> Umlaut ü = English long 'e' sound. 
> 
> ß = Simply is a double 'ss' (As in "glass") 
> 
> . . . Otto 
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