/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.1304205]

BORDERS THREAD BITCHES

>Go to borders

>Ask pudgy employee if she can assist me in finding Goethe's Faust, not finding it anywhere.

>"How do you spell that"?

> "Goethe"

>"I think you're pronouncing it wrong".

> "No I'm not".

>"There's no R".

FUCKING BORDERS

[Anonymous No.1304211]

How do you pronounce Goethe, OP?

I thought it was goooot-uh

[Anonymous No.1304212]

>Go to Borders

>See sign that says Barnes and Noble

>IT'S NOT BORDERS

FUCKING BARNES AND NOBLE

[Anonymous No.1304215]

Oh I firgued it oot

u muts be americant

[Anonymous No.1304218]

>Don't know about Goethe

Damn peasants.

[Anonymous No.1304223]

B-B-B-B-B-B-BARNES AND NOBLE HIJACK THREAD.

>GO TO BARNES AND NOBLE.

>ASK MIDDLE AGED AFRO AMERICAN MALE FOR SARTRE'S NAUSEA

>NAUSEA?

>YES, NAUSEA.

>HOW DO YOU SPELL THAT?

>N-A-U-S-E-A.

>HOLD ON ONE MINUTE. (realizes how retarded he looks)

>GETS ME BOOK.

>TURNS OUT TO BE A BOOK ABOUT IBS.

BAAAAAARNES AND NOBLEEEEEEE

[Anonymous No.1304224]

>mfw someone pronounced it "gaith" near me

[Anonymous No.1304230]

>>1304211
I've always thought it was pronounced at the back of the mouth:
G (gargling noise) te.

[Anonymous No.1304234]

Ahh yes. The good old German "ö" or "oe". Pronounced as if it has an "r" without actually having an "r" in the pronunciation. But yes, if you listen to native German speakers, it will sound as if they are adding an ever so slight "r" sound to this.

So, basically what I just said, plus what this guy said:
>>1304211
and you have the correct pronunciation.

The unfortunate thing of having your main source of information being the Internet is that you have to assume the pronunciation of everything. Most recently, I am embarrassed to say, I believed that the name of the politician John Boehner, was pronounced John "Boner."

[Anonymous No.1304238]

IT'S GERTER

YOU PRONOUNCE IT GERTER

>psychiatry protest
LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH YOUR MANGLINGS

[Anonymous No.1304239]

>>1304223

The bar must be set incredibly low for employees in B&N.

[Anonymous No.1304242]

>>1304234

Well he is a boner.

[Anonymous No.1304263]

>Walk into borders

FUCKING BORDERS

[Anonymous No.1304265]

>>1304242
I am now going to purposefully mispronounce it when speaking to republicans, and likewise not forget to put on my best "problem?" face.

[Anonymous No.1304276]

>>1304238

SOME ONE IS RONG ON THE INTERNUT !!!

[Anonymous No.1304287]

>Go into Borders
>Ask for Zarathustra
>CS rep looks it up, sees other books by Nietzsche, reads off "The Antichrist" and "Gay Science", gets a disgusted look on her face

[Anonymous No.1304289]

>Go to Chapters

>Ask for Harry Potter

>Transaction goes perfectly

[Anonymous No.1304297]

Life is Nietzsche!

[Anonymous No.1304337]

>>1304276
Rand looks like Salvador Dali.

[Anonymous No.1304341]

>>1304205
>go into borders
>go to the manga section
>sit there and read manga for 2 hours

[Anonymous No.1304343]

>go in barnes and noble
>search everywhere for Jean Paul-Sartre books
>can't find any in any section
>don't want to ask customer service
> unsure of how to pronounce Sartre

[Duo Maxwell, professional troll !LogBsf56gQ No.1304346]

>work at Borders
>woman says her pre teen son is interested in Roman culture
>recommend Julius Caesar
>"Oh! I think I've heard of that"
>give her book
>"Oh, this is like...the play version. Do you just have, like, the book?"

[Anonymous No.1304348]

>>1304343
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sartre

I prefer Borders because they have computers for inventory lookup (although they're not as useful as they used to be).

[Anonymous No.1304349]

>>1304346
Dear god...

[Anonymous No.1304351]

>GO INTO BARNES & NOBLE
>ASK YOUNG IMBECILE BEHIND THE COUNTER WHERE I CAN FIND HARRY POTTER AND TWILIGHT BOOKS
>I'M STANDING BESIDE TWO ENORMOUS STANDS COVERED IN HARRY POTTER AND TWILIGHT.
>MF

[Anonymous No.1304352]

>>1304238
No it's not. Geurta.

[Anonymous No.1304365]

>>1304238

>joseph GE(hr)BLES

[Anonymous No.1304556]

>Geu-tah

[Anonymous No.1304562]

ah, a thread partially about the pronounciation of Goethe.
Feels like old times...

I have no idea what you troglodyte anglophones brabble about how to pronounce his name, but it all looks terribly wrong to me, a german(seriously, an r-sound without an r?).
But, do not despair, clever men have figured out a way to represent sound in form of letters: the IPA (international phonetic alphabet).
Here is motherfucking Goethe for you peasant-tongued iconoclasts:
ˈɡøːtə

[Anonymous No.1304563]

>>1304562
> peasant-tongued iconoclasts
> coming from a hun

> FUCKING BORDERS

[Anonymous No.1304588]

It's an American English word now, and pronounced accordingly.

[Anonymous No.1304599]

>>1304588
I went to Herbert Hoover Elementary School. According to your logic Hoover is now a German.

[Anonymous No.1304616]

>>1304562
Yeah, I'm an American and I guess they teach students to use the 'r' sound for 'ö', or 'oe'.

I've never taken a German class before, but looking at the wiki page, the long 'ö' sound is pronounced like the 'a' in 'say' (without the 'y'), but the lips are rounded like when pronouncing an 'o'. It is also pronounced longer than the short vowels. The short 'ö' sound is pronounced the the 'e' in 'bet' also with the lips rounded.

IPA is your friend.

[Anonymous No.1304622]

>>1304616
I'm an american too. There's no fucking R in Goethe.

[Anonymous No.1304628]

>go into borders
>ask cute teenaged employee for Atlas Shrugged
>she gushes, says she loves Ayn Rand
>get book and her number
>date her
>fucking borders employees

[Anonymous No.1304631]

>>1304628
cool story, bro

[Anonymous No.1304632]

>"There's no R".

I don't get it. There is no R. OP you're just retarded I think...

[Anonymous No.1304635]

>>1304205
could be you were actually pronouncing it wrong

[Anonymous No.1304644]

i like how /lit/ thinks a minimum wage employee gives two shits about their classics

[Anonymous No.1304647]

so what, op pronounces it gur-te?

that's kinda wrong bro.

[Anonymous No.1304648]

>>1304628
>>Implying Atals Shrugged is literature.

About the IQ of a Borders employee...

[Anonymous No.1304653]

>>1304648
>>Failing hard *Atlas*

[Anonymous No.1304655]

>>1304644
I like it even more that some illiterate fuck (id est OP) is clearly dumber than a minimum wage employee, pronouncing a classical author wrong.

[Anonymous No.1304656]

>>1304648
This semester, I've learned about Ayn Rand in my three classes: economics, literature, and philosophy.

[Anonymous No.1304659]

>>1304656
That's because you go to Liberty University.

[Anonymous No.1304660]

>>1304656
You mean where she was mentioned as a failure on all three fronts and is a perfect example of why asperger's afflicted persons should never be allowed to roam the streets?

[Anonymous No.1304668]

>>1304660
Only my philosophy professor spoke ill of her. Even then, several students, including myself, defended her.

[Anonymous No.1304671]

Ayn Rand: Terribly untalented writer who built whiney straw men to fight against. Fiction? Yes.

[Anonymous No.1304688]

ayn rand was a shitty philosopher, a shitty economist, and a shitty writer.

especially shitty is how she thought by getting rid of big government it would empower people, rather than let big business fill the void and do everything the government does but worse. even shittier than that was that she didn't realize big government is so shitty due to big business shoving dollars up its ass and putting on a puppet show.

[Anonymous No.1304700]

>>1304668
I feel sorry for your philosophy professor.

[Anonymous No.1304708]

>>1304656
haha, you americunts are pathetic

[Anonymous No.1304733]

>>1304238
Wow.

No one around me ever spoke of him, so I'd pronounce it the way it way spelled. Damn.

[Anonymous No.1304741]

>>1304688
>Thinks the government doesn't enable monopolies
>thinks the reasons corporations have so much power isn't because of governmental power.

[Anonymous No.1304743]

>>1304733
No one worth a damn would think any less of you.

[Anonymous No.1304746]

>>1304647
>>1304622
>>1304562
>>1304556
>>1304352
>>1304238
>>1304234
>>1304230
>>1304224
>>1304211
>>1304205


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/De-Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe.ogg

http://inogolo.com/pronunciation/Goethe

http://www.forvo.com/word/goethe/

[Anonymous No.1304758]

> Go to borders
> Ask employee for book with a hard to pronounce title or author.
> Run home to /lit/ to share my tale.
> Feel smug.

[Anonymous No.1304763]

>>1304741
nope.jpg

See: United States in the late 1800s

[Anonymous No.1304775]

>>1304763
>Implying that corporations don't effectively "collude" to form monopolies out of their own self interest.

[Anonymous No.1304788]

>>1304205
>joːhan ˈvɔlfɡaŋ fɔn ˈɡøːtə
No really, the shop assistant was correct, there is no "r".

[Truman Capote !kwxizAOFlk No.1304806]

>Oh, you mean CAMOOZ!

[Anonymous No.1304811]

How many times do I have to say it:
Libraries, Libraries, Libraries.
Only goddamn motherfucking hipsters go to Borders and Barns and Fucking Nobel. Anyone who actually reads a decent amount could never afford to buy all their books new.

[Anonymous No.1304813]

Is this how Goethe is pronounced?

http://inogolo.com/pronunciation/Goethe

[Anonymous No.1304816]

Easy solution:
German pronounces 'Goethe' at 0:55

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmd64zVMjw4&feature=channel

[Anonymous No.1304817]

>>1304811

It's good for a laugh every now and then, though.

>Teen Lit section
>It's all softcore vampire erotica
>African-American Literature section
>Somehow even more ridiculous than Teen Lit section

[Anonymous No.1304818]

>>1304813

It sounds like he's saying Gur-tuh but it says the r isn't pronounced. But he pronounces it! Wut?

[Anonymous No.1304819]

You americunts just think that there is an R because you don't have the ö sound in your language.

[Anonymous No.1304824]

>>1304816
>>1304816

Are you sure it's not pronounced at 0:51 after she bumps into him?

'mein Goethe'

In which case, it's gur-tur, with a very slight R sound.

[Harashaw !!WbZAoG5fpOX No.1304826]

>Go to Waterstone's
>No problems at all apart from the classics section having too much Austen, Bronte and Dickens
>Decided I haven't read enough Dickens anyway
>Get Bleak House

Feels good man.

[Anonymous No.1304831]

You guys are suppose to be so intellegent, but you can't go to the lit section and look for the author in alphabetical order yourself in a bookstore.....

[Anonymous No.1304832]

>>1304238
obvious britfag pronouncing an "er" as, "a". It's pronounced GERTA, not GERTER

[Anonymous No.1304834]

Okay, so how is Sartre pronounced? I've always pronounced it like Sar-truh. I know some people pronounce it Sart. Which is correct?

[Anonymous No.1304841]

>Go to Barnes and Noble.
>Can't find philosophy section so ask spotty faced teenage employ where it's at.
>She leads to religion section.
>About to rage until see that philosophy section is single shelf at bottom corner of religious fiction bookcases.
>mfw

[Harashaw !!WbZAoG5fpOX No.1304843]

>>1304841

Ouch.

[Anonymous No.1304851]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/De-Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe.ogg

[Anonymous No.1304855]

>>1304811
>Almost always go to library so not well-versed in corporate bookstore culture
>Go into B&N looking for magazine, can't find it in the section it should be in
>Find customer service, explain the magazine, let her know it's half-sized so she knows it might be in a weird spot and not in the right category
>She still tells me to look in that category and I tell her it wasn't there
>Get stared at
>Ask her who stocks the magazines
>"I do." mfw
>Find magazine myself 5 minutes later on other side of shelf. FFFFFUUUUUUU-

[Anonymous No.1304863]

>>1304841
I know your pain all too well. And most of it's usually basically just self help books where I live. I shit you not I only found one book by Aristotle and another by Descartes. Luckily libraries still exist.

[Anonymous No.1304865]

>>1304824
'Entschuldigen Sie mein Werter.'
She's apologizing, not saying his name.
The name's said at ~0:58 when he's introducing himself:
'Ich bin Johann, Johann Goethe.'

[Anonymous No.1304868]

> go on lit
> see people bitching about large bookstore chains
> wonder what the fuck they expected


hey, you dont walk into walmart and demand a whole barbarie-duck and then expect the cashier to recommend you the proper wine for the sauce.

[Anonymous No.1304872]

>>how do you spell that
>>i think you're pronouncing it wrong

come again?

[Anonymous No.1304874]

>>1304868
Well, wal-mart here has a wine expert. I'm serious too.

[Anonymous No.1304879]

>>1304874
walmart has more than two kinds of wine?

[Anonymous No.1304880]

>>1304879
dey got dat colt 45 and steel reserve nukka, i be goin dere when i wanna sip and grip on some sizzurp

[Anonymous No.1304884]

>>1304865

Oh, okay. I see it now, thanks.

The film looks interesting anyway, I'd like to see it at some point.

[Anonymous No.1304905]

>>1304234

It is pronounced John "Boner." He just wants everyone to think it's "Bahner" because he wants to save himself the embarrassment. We are morally obligated to prevent him from being about to do this.

[Anonymous No.1304908]

>Goes into Barnes and Noble
>Looks for Bespoke: The Men's Fashion of Savile Row. OMG gorgeous suit photos and terminology!
>Gets hyped.
>Goes to Entertainment and Fashion sections.
>Nothing but fucking $35 photo books about Lady Gaga and Justin Beiber on the shelves.
>My face.

[Anonymous No.1304916]

>Work at Waterstone's
>Guy comes in every Sunday, sits around reading books. He never buys anything.
>He always smells like he's rolled in shit. An inch of snot hanging from the end of his nose but he doesn't wipe it away for over an hour.
>Other customers aren't browsing a whole section of the store because he's sat there.
>Can't ask him to live because of store policy.
>Fucking Waterstone's.

[Anonymous No.1304922]

>>1304916
>Cant ask him to live
>live
>LIVE

WHATHTEFUCKAREYOUMOTHERFUCKINGRETARDED.jpg

[Anonymous No.1304923]

>>1304922

I really should ask him to 'live', because he can't have much of a life if he hangs around our shop all day.

[Anonymous No.1304952]

>pick up a copy of Doctor Zhivago from Borders, go to buy it
>"Oh, I love this book!"
>mfw I realize the only people that bother reading Russian lit that aren't faggot college students are people my mom's age

[Anonymous No.1304987]

>buy The Sound and The Fury from Waterstones
>finish it
>notice that the spine is intact and decide to return it
>returning to different Waterstones in neighboring town
>decide to be a dick
>checkout woman asks:
>"Whats the problem? was the item damaged?"
>"...no i've just...finished it...it was terrible...I just want my money back"
>"o...k"
>it gives thrill to life to be a massive penis for no reason

mf throughout entire transaction

[Anonymous No.1304988]

I honestly can't remember the last time I asked someone for help finding something in a bookstore. Half the fun of being in a book store is trying to find shit yourself, and maybe finding other interesting things on the way.

I also thought Goethe was pronounced with a slight r sound, but that's how the professor of the class I read Faust in pronounced it.

[Anonymous No.1304989]

>>1304987

I lol'd.

[Anonymous No.1304993]

>>1304987
I don't believe that. They don't take it and give you a refund if you just didn't like it.

[Anonymous No.1305000]

>>1304993
Lol, I've done that with comics. Got two, returned them, bought more, returned those and finally just got the money back. The original two I received were a gift from someone I didn't like.

[Anonymous No.1305008]

>>1304841
Seriously! I rage so hard every time I walk into one of these places. The philosophy section is always a fraction of the size of the religion sections and stocked only with Rand and "'X' and Philosophy."

Whenever I go, I always move a stack of bibles to the religious fiction section.

Lolololol i troll irl.

[Anonymous No.1305018]

>>1304993
What?

Why wouldn't they? If the book isn't damaged or soiled, they have to refund it, simply reading a book doesn't make it used.

This is why intellectual property is so tricky.

[Anonymous No.1305021]

>>1304205

>OP gets bumstung because a bookstore employee questions him

>expects everyone to know how to pronounce a medieval German name.

>gets angry when they don't.

Sure is Autism in here. A girl in Borders once didn't know who Kazuo Ishiguro was, but I smiled, and told her about 'remains of the day'. Feels good to not be a social retard.

[Anonymous No.1305026]

>>1304616
>Yeah, I'm an American and I guess they teach students to use the 'r' sound for 'ö', or 'oe'.
MFW us superior Norwegians just pronounce it as one of our bellowed special letter Ø.

[Anonymous No.1305028]

>>1304205

But there IS an R in Marlowe.

Looks like she was trying to help you out.

Enjoy your shit version of Faust where no-one beats up the pontiff.

[Anonymous No.1305049]

>>1305008
Almost all the philosphy is religion...

[Brownbear !5EJ71eKlNQ!!6SnjW+BUlLP No.1305089]

>Live in England
>Go to Borders
>CLOSING DOWN SALE. ALL STOCK MUST GO
>Aight i'll check it out
>Like 3 books left undamaged, i manage to find a decent looking one for 50p (1 dollar) brand new release
>I now own The Gathering Storm, brand new, never read, 12th book in the Wheel of Time series
>Never read any of that series and never plan to.
>Fucking Borders

seriously who wants it? you guys can have it for free. it's annoying me it's on my bookshelf. Never even been opened never mind fucking read.

[Anonymous No.1305106]

>go to Borders in NYC
>find special spot no one knows about or ever goes to (comedy CDs)
>sit there on the floor and read for hours

[Anonymous No.1305111]

>>1305106
Thank you. Atleast your not one of those faggots that sits dead center in the lit aisle and starts reading. Seriously, what are people thinking when they do this...

[Anonymous No.1305127]

>>1305089
if you don´t need it, i´d gladly take it

[Anonymous No.1305135]

>>1305111
I'm the kind of person who thinks they're in the way of everyone or hates being a physical obstacle, so I go out of my way to not be in the aisle. The main reason I go to this Borders is because of the comedy CDs. No one is there so I don't have to move for anyone, but I also can be alone to read for as long as I want with no one to bother me.

[None !WvWWh.l.CE No.1305168]

>Go to borders
>See signs that say Waterstones & Costa
>Go in anyway
>Look for The Stranger, see it titled 'The Outsider' & have a really shitty edgy black & blood red cover
>Assume it's an old translation because it's not the nice white & black cover
>Ask slightly nerdish (well, glasses) female employee if the other store in the city has a newer version
>Spends a long time but confirms the edition came out this year & that all UK editions are titled 'Outsider'
>Go back to get it & notice the nicer cover (the dull gray + man standing there one) editions all at the deal emphasize shelf
>grab that & Anna Karenina + Portrait by Joyce in a 3 for 2 deal
>Enjoy The Stranger over a nice cup if coffee
>Realize Amazon.co.uk would have been £2 cheaper with greater selection but I needed something to read whilst pissing about town anyway & finished the Stranger today
Aside,
what a devastating day......

[Deep&Edgy !pSkjEcB9sQ No.1305181]

>Go to the college book store
>goddamn look at all these fuckin amazing books in the philosophy section
>they all cost more than 20 euro
>cannot afford a single one
>go to leave when a cute girl is coming into the shop
>open the door
>get on the floor
>everyone walk the dinosaur

[Brownbear !5EJ71eKlNQ!!6SnjW+BUlLP No.1305234]

>>1305127
>>1305127

where do you live as i'm happy to ship it to you if you live in the UK

USA's too expensive i'm afraid

[Anonymous No.1305297]

>>1304346
>implying Shakespeare gave an accurate historical representation of ancient Rome

[Anonymous No.1305304]

>>1304688
LOL I KNO LOOK WHAT HAPPEN TO ANDREW RYAN LOLOL

[Anonymous No.1305306]

>>1304811
>implying books are OMG EXPENSIVE
>implying I don't like owning my books
>implying the library always has every book I could possibly want

[Anonymous No.1305311]

>>1304868
What the fuck is a barbarie-duck? Is that like limey slang for a barbecue grill or something?

[Anonymous No.1305315]

>>1304952
>implying that whether or not other people read something has anything to do with whether or not you should read it
Oh wait, you're a hipster, aren't you.

[Anonymous No.1305320]

I believe he means the Barbary Duck, also known as the Muscovy, a common type of domesticated duck that is really fucking delicious.

[Anonymous No.1305355]

>>1305320

you mean there's a kind of duck, which is generally known for bein' fucking tasty, that is renowned for being fucking tasty even for duck? Damn, son.

[Anonymous No.1305409]

>>1304987
next time just say you already owned a copy.

[Anonymous No.1305415]

>>1305409

Then he wouldn't be a trololololol.

And where's the fun in that?

[rawls !!TTU9uTXwYxO No.1305427]

Borders and Barnes and Noble are for faggots. They rarely have any good books. They have basically become Twilight retail centers, especially Borders.

[Anonymous No.1305435]

>>1304205

[Anonymous No.1305459]

>>1305297
Seriously. What an asshole. If he wanted to recommend some historical fiction, he could have at least recommended something like The Ides of March by Thornton Wilder, not that it's entirely historically accurate. Just recommend some non-fiction like a normal person instead of plugging in you butt-buddy Shakespeare on every possible occasion.

[Anonymous No.1305464]

>Go to Waterstones
>Ask for a copy of Watchmen
>Get told to try Blockbusters
>FUCKING WATERSTONES

Blockbusters shut the fuck down anyway I think.

[Ralph Wiggum !!RbKRCS+NEzU No.1305467]

>Go into used bookstore
>Range leans far more towards books in the past 10-20 years
>Go up to counter, there's an elderly lady listening to classical music and reading
>"Excuse me, you wouldn't happen to have any Franz Kafka would you?"
>"What?"
>"Kafka, Franz Kafka"
>"Who's that?"
>"He's a German novelist, earlier twentieth century?"
>She pauses, looks utterly bewildered for about 10 seconds
>"Never heard of him!!"
>Stares at me as if I've just farted very loudly or started throwing books around

[Anonymous No.1305470]

>>1305089

>seriously who wants it? you guys can have it for free.

I'll have it, post it to me!

[Anonymous No.1305478]

>>1305467
It's just a kiss away...it's just a kiss away...

[Anonymous No.1305479]

>>1305464

Honestly, do you think anyone that reads serious literature (or any literature for that matter) gives two hoots about Watchmen? No. I'm not sure why you're so surprised that someone working at a bookstore isn't aware of a graphic novel. Christ.

[Anonymous No.1305481]

Canadafag here, one time I went to Chapters and asked where I might find Homer's Odyssey, bitch working there thought I was talking about a Simpsons book or something.

All my fucking hate.

[Anonymous No.1305482]

>local used book store owned by grouchy old man
>visit at least every other week for over a year now
>one day, bring in my extra copy of A Hero of Our Time and give it to him/the store for nothing
>see him smile for the first time

[Anonymous No.1305483]

>>1305481

Ah ha ha, I have to admit that's pretty good.

[Anonymous No.1305485]

>>1305479

>I'm not sure why you're so surprised that someone working at a bookstore isn't aware of a graphic novel. Christ.

It's not exactly unreasonable of me to expect that they know it. Especially if they know the film.

[Anonymous No.1305496]

>>1305485

I understand your reasoning, but it's pretty obvious they weren't aware it was a graphic novel. A lot of movies are made that people aren't aware were books. I just think a lot of the people posting in this thread get a kick out of some miserable bookstore grunt not knowing every author and title on the shelves.

[Brownbear !5EJ71eKlNQ!!6SnjW+BUlLP No.1305503]

>>1305470
>>1305470

alright are you in the UK?

[Anonymous No.1305506]

Not really a rage but I felt pretty smug afterwards.

>Felt in the mood for some Nietzsche
>Go to bookstore
>"Herro I would like some Nietzsche pl0x"
>Taps on keyboard
>Sorry we don't have any
>"Seriously? You must have some?"
>Check the computer yourself
>See he has spelt it "Neechuh"
>mfw

[Anonymous No.1305509]

>>1305503

Yes, in Manchester.

[Ralph Wiggum !!RbKRCS+NEzU No.1305525]

>>1305506
Now here's another thing; I have never been able to confidently pronounce Nietzsche. Is it Nee-tch, Nee-sh, or Nee-tsch-ki? Gah.

[Anonymous No.1305529]

>>1305525
Suffer no longer bro

http://howjsay.com/index.php?word=nietzsche&submit=Submit

Use that website quiet frequently for rather archaic words I want to know the pronunciation of.

[Anonymous No.1305539]

>>1305506

I fucking hate typing Nietzsche's name. I always leave out one of the z, s, c, and h. Always exactly one. I never make more than one mistake, but one of those letters is missing every time.

[Ralph Wiggum !!RbKRCS+NEzU No.1305541]

>>1305529
Oh, cool. Thanks anon!

[None !WvWWh.l.CE No.1305542]

>>1305503
>tinychat
yumadmybff?

[Ralph Wiggum !!RbKRCS+NEzU No.1305546]

>>1305539
Ugh, 's' here.

[Anonymous No.1305555]

>>1305539

You mean its not pronounced "Netshoe?"

Christ, and I gave that whole speech in front of the class and nobody corrected me.

[Anonymous No.1305569]

>>1305555
Nice Quads.

I think they were just embarrassed like the time nobody corrected me when I said "and it was during that period Joyce performed a lot of ass fucking" instead of "and it was during that period Joyce performed a lot of fart fucking". Needless to say I was mortified when I discovered my shortcomings.

[Anonymous No.1307251]

>>1305467
>>1305467
>>1305467

Not German, Czech

[Anonymous No.1307257]

>>1305506
>>1305555
I once had a professor who pronounced "Nee-chee"

[Ralph Wiggum !!RbKRCS+NEzU No.1307266]

>>1307257
I always just thought it was Neetch, until I watched Little Miss Sunshine, wherein Steve Carrell pronounces it 'Neetch-ski'.

It's a good film so I thought he might have been serious.

[Anonymous No.1307272]

>>1307266
>Little Miss Sunshine
>a good film

[Anonymous No.1307303]

I remember failing at pronouncing Proust.

[Ralph Wiggum !!RbKRCS+NEzU No.1307309]

>>1307272
I liked it in the sense that you watch 'easy comedy' when you want to enjoy something without thinking too much about it.

>90% of comedy today

[Anonymous No.1307313]

>>1304834
didnt see a reply so here

It's pronounced SAR-ter. The french "re" at the end is supposed to sound closer to an english "er", only softer? the "tre" part should almost be quieter and quickly spoken.

[Anonymous No.1307348]

>>1307251

He was a Jew that lived in Prague that wrote in German. I wouldn't call him a Czech author.

[Anonymous No.1307376]

>>1304223

Who the fuck doesn't know how to spell nausea? Jesus christ, that's depressing that someone manages to get a job at a bookstore but cannot spell NAUSEA.

[Anonymous No.1307386]

>>1307257

Me too. That's how I've always pronounced it.

[Anonymous No.1307392]

>Go to Borders
>ask if they have Leonard Cohen's "Flowers for Hitler"
>weird unnecessary pause and stare from old woman at the counter
>looks it up on the computer "can't find it"
>notice button on lapel.
>it's the Star of David

FUCKING JEW BORDERS!

[Anonymous No.1307394]

Goethe does not have an "r" sound in it. If you remove the second syllable, it is clear that no "r" sound is present. The transition from first to second syllable SOUNDS like an "r" when spoken quickly, but it is not truly pronounced.

[Anonymous No.1307426]

why would you need help finding faust? why cant you just find the plays shelf by yourself?

[Anonymous No.1307449]

ITT: lazyfags who need to get off their arses and find their own fucking books.

[Anonymous No.1307459]

>>1307426
But then.. who else will talk to me? ;_;

[Anonymous No.1307571]

>>1307392

Leonard Cohen's Jewish.

[Anonymous No.1307717]

>>1307348

kafka was born and lived in Prague. Sure, he was Bohemian as Czech republic didn't exist then but he sure as fuck wasn't German.

Was Jack Kerouac English because he wrote in English? Was Mark Twain? Was Isaac Newton a Roman because the Principia was written in Latin?

And who gives a flying fuck what his religion/ethnicity is. It doesn't dictate nationality at all.

OWNED.

[Anonymous No.1307725]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/De-Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe.ogg

This is how you pronounce it, lads!

[None !WvWWh.l.CE No.1307731]

[Anonymous No.1307750]

>>1307731

That post added nothing to any argument currently going on in this thread.

[Anonymous No.1307770]

>>1307731
What the fuck is a chess problem composer.

[Anonymous No.1307773]

They closed down the borders in glasgow. I fucking loved that place. I don't think anyone ever bought a magazine out there, people seemed to be camped in there all day.

[Anonymous No.1307776]

>>1307770
A person who composes chess problems.

[Anonymous No.1307783]

>mfw i live in germany and most of the ppl here know goethe

[Anonymous No.1308003]

The Borders around here is closing. I will miss their 40% off coupons.

[Anonymous No.1308173]

>>1307750
What do you except from TyBrax?

[Anonymous No.1308174]

>>1307750
What do you expect from TyBrax?

[Anonymous No.1308203]

>>1307717

Kafka chose to write in German, not Czech. He isn't a Czech author, although I wouldn't call him a German author. He is, however, a German language writer.

[Anonymous No.1308233]

>see someone buying a shitty book
>cashier always talk enthusiastically about it
>buy a really good book
>no one ever says anything

both FUCKING BORDERS and FOREVER ALONE

[Anonymous No.1308258]

>>1305297
clocks, clocks everywhere

[Anonymous No.1308299]

>Work at Chapters
>Approach confused-looking woman in the Psychology & Psychiatry section
>"Can I help you find anything?"
>"I'm looking for Carl Jung!"
>She's in the Y section
>"It's over here. Jung starts with a J."
>"No, his name is Young, with a Y."
>"He's German. Look, his books are all right here."
>She looks retarded, doesn't say anything
>I walk away

FUCKING CUSTOMERS

[Anonymous No.1308309]

>>1308299
He's Swiss I guess.

[Anonymous No.1308325]

I now want to go into a bookstore and ask for KANT
http://inogolo.com/pronunciation/Kant

[Anonymous No.1308331]

>Go to Borders
>Find the Book of Five Rings with no problem
>Buy it
>Read it
>feelsgoodman.jpg

[Anonymous No.1308349]

What the fuck, /lit/, can't you write down or print whatever book title+author you are looking for?

I always do that. If I can't find the book I'm looking for or if I want to buy multiple books, I'll just ask any employee and show him my list.

Saves time, I don't get angry and I make the guy's life easier.

[Anonymous No.1308360]

>>1304916
>>1304916

>He always smells like he's rolled in shit. An inch of snot hanging from the end of his nose but he doesn't wipe it away for over an hour.

what is he reading? maybe hes trying to better himself
even if its Twilight youre still a bitch
bitch. pretty obvious youre female, good game

[Anonymous No.1308368]

>>1308360
Didn't necessarily sound like a female to me. It's not stuck up to expect people to take care of their basic hygiene, at least enough to not smell strongly.

[Anonymous No.1308370]

>go to Barnes and Noble
>Teen Gothic Paranormal Romance is a section
>my face

[Anonymous No.1308380]

>>1308370
You know you browsed it.

[Anonymous No.1308399]

>>1308368
>>1308368
suck my dick

[Anonymous No.1308413]

>>1308399
bb, is that you?

[Anonymous No.1308867]

>Try to cross into the US for better life

>Racist gringo's say I can't come in

FUCKING BORDERS

[Anonymous No.1308873]

>>1304341
This x449324572935

[Anonymous No.1308875]

>>1304916
Fuck, what country? I feel oh god-

[None !WvWWh.l.CE No.1308878]

>>1308875
nah actually ill admit this post was me since that person posted yesterday & prob not here. I dont think its me cause i wash regulary & only sniffle as something to do with my hands when im nervous but what if it was me ;___;

[None !WvWWh.l.CE No.1308880]

>every Sunday
Ah, relief. It's definetly not me, phew.

[Anonymous No.1309330]

>Go to borders
>Go to philosophy section
>Nietzsche at one section..
>right beside Nietzsche...
>The bible
>FUCKING BORDERS

[Anonymous No.1309342]

>>1304211
When it's "oe", that means it's a Romanized umlaut o. Say "Crapper," except without the r, stopping at the e.

[Anonymous No.1309501]

>> go to great, local bookstore
>> they have a great display of books going on
>> buy many excellent books at a very low
>> exchange a stimulating conversation about my book selection and of literature in general with the clerk
>> great experience all around
>> FUCKING USED BOOKSTORES IN MTL, CANADA

[GamerGirl !!DJgjz+hvEg4 No.1309513]

>Go to Borders
>Leave because print media is a dying media
>People buy books?

[Anonymous No.1309525]

>Go to Borders
>Pick Up a book about the Great Wall of China
>Try to build a great wall in my backyard
>Gets attacked by Mongolians
>FUCKING MONGOLIANS!

[Anonymous No.1309541]

I must read Fausto in about 5 days; I know the story and everything, I'm just not that sure if I'll like it.
Anyway, in how much time did you guys read it?

[Anonymous No.1309547]

it's ger-tah you philistines

[Anonymous No.1309552]

>>1309525
Hilarious. I lol'd.

[Anonymous No.1309579]

>>1309547
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/De-Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe.ogg

[Anonymous No.1310205]

>>1309342
That would sound more like the a umlaut.

[Anonymous No.1310224]

>11/23/10(Tue)02:21 No.1304205
why has this thread lasted so long?

[Anonymous No.1310326]

I work at borders. I don't see why people get mad when we can't spell the name of some author we personally don't care about because we have a different taste. If you were as smart as you think your spelling of french authors makes you, you would think you would be able to use the computer and locate your own fucking book

[Ralph Wiggum !!RbKRCS+NEzU No.1310334]

>>1310224
You could bump a thread once every couple of days on /lit/ and have it survive.

[Anonymous No.1310337]

>>1305427
>> They have basically become Twilight retail centers, especially Borders.

Hey! I bought my Twilight books at Target. I'm not paying full price for that shit.

[Anonymous No.1310338]

> work at borders

> smug hipster mispronounces Goethe

> correct him

> he goes on /lit/ and makes a thread about it