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2357106 No.2357106 [Reply] [Original]

How do we pronounce Goethe in America?

goot-uh?

>> No.2357111

It's pronunciation should be the same everywhere.

goe'tuh

>> No.2357112

grr tuh

>> No.2357113

goth with a hard o

>> No.2357122

girth

>> No.2357123

Like the cheese, right? Gouda?

>> No.2357126

>>2357112
Thanks, homie

>> No.2357133

Oh, God, I just found this on youtube.

Some guy trolling foreigners with hilarious pronunciations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3_DjiLLDfo&feature=relmfu

>> No.2357139

Go - eff.

>> No.2357141

>>2357133
German here, I can confirm this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njexVZxjhJc&feature=related

oh lord, thats actually pretty funny.

>> No.2357148

there is only one way to pronounce his name all over the world:
ˈɡøːtə

learn to IPA, you americunts could really use it (and so could the french, for that matter), you guys slaughter so many non-english names:
http://weston.ruter.net/projects/ipa-chart/view/

>> No.2357149

>>2357148
Yeah, been meaning to. Thanks for the link.

>> No.2357151

Wittgenstein

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYzRP_WLwEQ

>> No.2357155

>>2357151
the zizek oneis good

>> No.2357168

I don't understand why people are so impressed by these fake pronunciation videos.

>> No.2357169

>>2357148
>ˈɡøːtə

according to wikipedia's sound-bites it's pronounced "g-URGH-t-UUURRRGGHHHHH

>> No.2357171

>>2357168
amused != impressed

>OH MY GOD QUIT HAVING FUN YOU MORONS

>> No.2357172

>>2357169
> cites phonetic writing
> still trying to express sounds through non-phonetic letters

>> No.2357174

>>2357168
I didn't get it, until I found out they were made in exactly the same style as another channel's videos with a similar name, whose pronunciation was correct. They basically trolled this channel to high heaven and it's brilliant.

>> No.2357178

Goat

>> No.2357180

It rhymes with "hurrdurr" OP.

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2357186

>>2357171

Your anger undermines your argument.

I don't want you to stop having fun, I just don't see why someone mispronouncing names into a microphone is comedic gold worthy of hundreds of thousands of views.

Maybe it caters to your distinctly American insecurities.

>> No.2357188

>>2357186
Oh, you.