View Poll Results: How did you think the word Fuchs was pronounced before you heard other's say it right
Fooks
36
72.00%
few-chas
5
10.00%
something else, I'll expand by posting...
9
18.00%
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Fuchs pronounciation poll
05-01-2004, 03:37 PM
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Fuchs pronounciation poll
Allright, for some odd reason, I had it stuck in my mind that fuchs was pronounced Fuch'es (few-chas) untill some time ago when a bunch of 944 people kept saying *****, then I felt like a fool.
Boredom post? maybe... but could get interesting results?
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05-01-2004, 04:15 PM
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fuchs is german for fox
the only other word i know like it is Sucht - which means seeks, and it is pronounced Sookt
so i guess ***** would be right? but i dunno man, im just a kid!
the only other word i know like it is Sucht - which means seeks, and it is pronounced Sookt
so i guess ***** would be right? but i dunno man, im just a kid!
05-01-2004, 04:17 PM
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*****, Fewks, that is the correct pronounciation. If in doubt, look it up in German!
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05-01-2004, 05:00 PM
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It's closest to the first option, "*****", only the "ch" sound is more of a softer sound in German, produced in the back of the throat, as opposed to the roof of the mouth.
05-01-2004, 05:42 PM
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Friendan is correct.
Short of hearing it it's hard to accurately describe the -chs ending used in German speech but if you make the english K/kuh sound and then leave your tongue where it ends up there and sorta exhale it kinda makes the same softer K sound. It's somewhat of a low pitched hiss for lack of a better description.
Ah well you get the idea. (hopefully)
You can just say ***** though and it's close enough for most people, might get a German speaker on your case but it's good enough for a lazy anglicised pronunciation.
Nice to know that the German classes I took in high school 15 years ago are occasionally useful. They had one bad side effect, since in German you capitalize nouns instead of just proper nouns I still do that a lot.
Short of hearing it it's hard to accurately describe the -chs ending used in German speech but if you make the english K/kuh sound and then leave your tongue where it ends up there and sorta exhale it kinda makes the same softer K sound. It's somewhat of a low pitched hiss for lack of a better description.
Ah well you get the idea. (hopefully)
You can just say ***** though and it's close enough for most people, might get a German speaker on your case but it's good enough for a lazy anglicised pronunciation.
Nice to know that the German classes I took in high school 15 years ago are occasionally useful. They had one bad side effect, since in German you capitalize nouns instead of just proper nouns I still do that a lot.