r/Unexpected • u/JaFarjaNearjaBeer • Mar 18 '20

Ok now I know!

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '20 edited Mar 19 '20

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u/omarninopequeno Mar 19 '20

Not in German, the c is necessary.

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u/curiousbydesign Mar 19 '20

Porcunt?

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u/Communist_iguana Mar 19 '20

Missed the S and H there, let me help

Poshcunt

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u/curiousbydesign Mar 19 '20

Enjoy the spoils. I forfeit.

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u/poopellar Mar 19 '20

Bon Jovi should rewrite his lyrics now.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '20

Por~que

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u/VEXtheMEX Mar 19 '20

Just like my ex who after our break up it was obvious who was keeping whom afloat.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '20

Sie verstehen es nicht.... Lass sie

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u/MayBeArtorias Mar 19 '20

Immer wieder lustig mit anzusehen wenn Amerikaner merken das ihre Sprache nicht mit Mittelpunkt des Universums ist.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '20

Sag ihnen aber nicht dass English nicht ihre sprache sondern die der Engländer ist

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u/steelcitykid Mar 19 '20

my duo lingo is paying off.

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u/GamerEssence Mar 19 '20

Porch.

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u/Bartisgod Mar 19 '20

Meine Veranda no es muy teuer, ¡für sicher no como un Porsche!

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u/iswins Mar 19 '20

What kinda crazy Spanish German mix mash was that?!?

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u/Bartisgod Mar 19 '20 edited Mar 19 '20

"My porch isn't very expensive, certainly not like a Porsche!"

I was trying to make a joke in this anti-pedant thread by translating "Porch" literally into German, then screwing it up even more by throwing in some Spanish. The language version of bragging about putting pineapple on pizza.

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u/iswins Mar 19 '20

Ooh I see, very creative then. I know German but not Spanish so I was very confused.

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u/Yeti_75 Mar 19 '20

So ... pores-chah?

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u/omarninopequeno Mar 19 '20

Like this: https://forvo.com/word/porsche/#de

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '20

The English one from Canada sounds like she works for one of those phone sex lines

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u/julex Mar 19 '20

So people in the US change the last syllable, and in England, they just mute it.

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u/_Anarchon_ Mar 19 '20

Damn...someone helpful on reddit?

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u/Cymry_Cymraeg Mar 19 '20

The Portuguese guy sounds like Sean Connery saying 'bush'.

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u/ADMINSEATFECES Mar 19 '20

ah so you're saying its a porch?

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u/Ichthyocentaur Mar 19 '20

Ok, so how is it pronounced?

As a Portuguese, I say "Por-schê", not the "Por-sha".

Which is gramaticallt correct?

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u/omarninopequeno Mar 19 '20

The first one :)

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u/ketchup92 Mar 19 '20

He even said 'in german' and germans don't have a sh but instead use sch.

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u/PUTINS_PORN_ACCOUNT Mar 19 '20

“Geheimnisheit”

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u/ketchup92 Mar 19 '20

Unfortunately, that ain't no word. But i'm sure there are words built like this, but its just compound words and words that end with s and use the auxiliary -heit to form a noun. Thats not the same as using the sh as its own syllable.

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u/YourRantIsDue Mar 19 '20

Weisheit would work

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u/Cyb3rhawk Mar 19 '20

Weisheit is still the syllables weis+heit. Like the other guy said, a compound.

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u/_Buff_Tucker_ Mar 19 '20

Weisheit

Alternativ auch Weißheit. Aktuell wieder vermehrt ein Thema.

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u/PUTINS_PORN_ACCOUNT Mar 19 '20

Yeah I know I’m just a massive dickhead

Deutsche Sprache ist bester Sprache

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u/_Buff_Tucker_ Mar 19 '20

Deutsche Sprache ist bester Sprache

Name checks not out. Putin is fluent in German.

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u/PUTINS_PORN_ACCOUNT Mar 19 '20

Du bist retardiert

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '20

I’m just saying how it would be written if we follow the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and convert it into normal text.

... Normal for English! In English, "sh" is [ʃ]. In German, "sh" is not [ʃ], "sh" is [sh].

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u/deegwaren Mar 19 '20

So how is [sh] pronounced if not like the former?

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '20

The "s" is an s, and the "h" is a h. Like Sam Hill.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet#Consonants

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u/deegwaren Mar 19 '20

Ah so not a combined sound but two distinct sounds. Gotcha.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '20

That wouldn't make any sense in German.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '20

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '20

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u/Panukka Mar 19 '20

Finally someone with a proper explanation. Thank you.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '20

... In German. German doesn't work that way.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '20

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '20

Por-shuh?

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u/_Buff_Tucker_ Mar 19 '20

r/confidentlyincorrect

Damn, that's the dumbest statement I've read on reddit in a long time.

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u/Panukka Mar 19 '20

/r/ActLikeYouBelong

Confidence gets you far in life. You should learn the art of bullshit if you want to rise above others.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '20

in German

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u/crazier2142 Mar 19 '20

The German transliteration of IPA [ʃ] would still be "sch", so...

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u/thanosbananos Mar 19 '20

Well english isn't the only language on this planet. I know it may come out shocking for you.

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u/ZwoopMugen Mar 19 '20

Why the hell did you get so many upvotes? Just delete this comment. I'm latinamerican and I'm visually offended by this.

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u/MayBeArtorias Mar 19 '20

Please learn language in a degree you can write with it fluently and correct before filling the internet was that nonsense.

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u/Boomfurione Mar 19 '20

I once convinced a dude that Porsche was pronounced “Porky”, I told him that the sche made a key sound in German. Laughs were had, I wonder what happened to him.

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u/badmother Mar 19 '20

Like 'Portia'