it was the greatest location ever

[Sperge]

However, I'm also aware that the umlauted form of A is pronounced "ee" as in tree.

Not in German it isn't. Not sure which language you're referring to but the equivalent English spelling for the German word without an Umlaut would be spelled and pronounced "ae"

Germans don't pronounce "ae" to rhyme with "rave". The English pronunciation of "ae" is usually "ee" anyway, e.g. encyclopaedia, paedophile... Not sure where the source that gave the German "ae" as rhyming with tree came from now, other sources give it as "e" as in "bet".

Take for example the pronunciation of ständig - http://www.clip2go.com/deutsch-englisch ... g_6229.htm (click the little speaker icon), better still go to http://userweb.port.ac.uk/~joyce1/abini ... welae.html

I see what you're getting at in that some words with ä are pronounced a little more like "hey" - but that's still not the same as the pronunciation of rave, except to a very untrained ear.

[baldmosher]

Some of them are pronounced like the "e" in "end", so I guess the subsequent "e" (in rave) mutates the vowel further.

Räw would be pronounced "rev" and räwing would be pronounced "rey-ving".

I see what you're getting at in that some words with ä are pronounced a little more like "hey" - but that's still not the same as the pronunciation of rave, except to a very untrained ear.

??

The pronunciation of the a in "rave" is PRECISELY the same as the "ey" in hey! How on Earth do you pronounce "rave" in Yorkshire?? Oh actually sorry, it's "rairve" or "reurve" up there isn't it! Yer weirdors. Geeyor. No wonder yer cnfuzd.

[maternal buzzin]

My name can be written Präg or Praeg - as to the pronunciation.......

[Sperge]

The pronunciation of the a in "rave" is PRECISELY the same as the "ey" in hey! How on Earth do you pronounce "rave" in Yorkshire?? Oh actually sorry, it's "rairve" or "reurve" up there isn't it! Yer weirdors. Geeyor. No wonder yer cnfuzd.

I'm not from Yorkshire, you div, I'm from Blackburn. And if you think those WAVs sound like the English "ay", you're being very gä.

[pd2h]

Ve must vatch out vor zee Germans (am a little lost in this thread) they have vays of making you talk!!!

[Dave Skywalker]

Ve must vatch out vor zee Germans (am a little lost in this thread) they have vays of making you talk!!!

How AWESOME would it be next year if we could get everyone to meet on the beach at some time (lets say the sunday afternoon or something) and re-enact the D-Day landings, but all banged up like?

Half the people in the sand dunes with toy guns, half the people running at them from the sea..

That, or a MASS game of british bulldog with rave toys etc all over the shop too..

..actually I'm probably imagining this better than it would be actually done, tbh.

[Sperge]

Ve must vatch out vor zee Germans (am a little lost in this thread) they have vays of making you talk!!!

How AWESOME would it be next year if we could get everyone to meet on the beach at some time (lets say the sunday afternoon or something) and re-enact the D-Day landings, but all banged up like?

Half the people in the sand dunes with toy guns, half the people running at them from the sea..

Sounds like a great plan.

We've got a HUMAN RAVE BOMB and we're gonna use it!

[baldmosher]

That, or a MASS game of british bulldog with rave toys etc all over the shop too..

IN

The pronunciation of the a in "rave" is PRECISELY the same as the "ey" in hey! How on Earth do you pronounce "rave" in Yorkshire?? Oh actually sorry, it's "rairve" or "reurve" up there isn't it! Yer weirdors. Geeyor. No wonder yer cnfuzd.

if you think those WAVs sound like the English "ay", you're being very gä.

lol @ "div"

I just visited those links to see what you mean and I do accept that the ä in "räwing" should be pronounced a bit like a Teessider says "reirvin".

[buzzingtalk]

Ja

Schiezerkopf!

My german is fucking terrible thesedays. i used to be really good at it!

[snudge]

mein hut it hat drie ecke, drie ecke hat mein hut?

[maternal buzzin]

Ihr Deutsch ist es Müll. Ihr Müll ist es Deutsch?